Review of: Paula-Irene Villa (Hg.): Schön normal. Bielefeld: transcript Verlag 2008

Authors

  • Zuzanna Jakubowski Universität Potsdam

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14766/741

Keywords:

Neue Frauenbewegungen, Medien, Macht, Konsum, Körper, Kultur, Feminismus, Geschlecht, Gender

Abstract

The collected volume investigates diverse performances of cosmetic surgery and other bodily operations as cultural avenues of approach to the creation of subject identity. The study examines the ambivalence of such manipulations as they oscillate between self-empowerment and self-subjugation from a gender-theoretical perspective. The redundant references to Foucauldian perspectives can be easily ignored due to the interdisciplinary multiplicity of sources.

Author Biography

Zuzanna Jakubowski, Universität Potsdam

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Published

2009-07-07

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