Transforming Bodies [electronic resource] : Makeovers and Monstrosities in American Culture /
Steinhoff, H.author.
At the turn of the twenty-first century, American media abound with images and narratives of bodily transformations. At the crossroads of American, cultural, literary, media, gender, queer, disability and governmentality studies, the book presents a timely intervention into critical debates on body transformations and contemporary makeover culture.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
At the turn of the twenty-first century, American media abound with images and narratives of bodily transformations. At the crossroads of American, cultural, literary, media, gender, queer, disability and governmentality studies, the book presents a timely intervention into critical debates on body transformations and contemporary makeover culture.
Machine generated contents note: -- PART I: BEFORE -- 1. Transforming Bodies: An Introduction -- 2. Body Thoughts: Transforming Bodies in the 'New Body Theories' -- PART II: TRANSFORMATIONS -- 3. Extreme Makeovers: Transforming Bodies in Popular Culture -- 4. Monstrous Makeovers: Somatechnics of Resistance in Postmodern Consumer Culture - Chuck Palahniuk's Invisible Monsters -- 5. Troubling Subjects: Beauty, Plastic Surgery and (Non-)Normative Bodies in Cosmetic Surgical Culture - FX's Nip/Tuck -- 6. Modifying Teens: Coming of Age in a Dystopian World of Beauty - Scott Westerfeld's Uglies Series -- PART III: AFTER -- 7. Final Suture and New Before: A Conclusion.
Human body—Social aspects.
Culture—Study and teaching.
Sociology.
Communication.
United States—Study and teaching.
Sociology of the Body.
Regional and Cultural Studies.
Cultural and Media Studies, general.
Gender Studies.
Media Studies.
American Culture.