Saving face : disfigurement and the politics of appearance /

Saving face : disfigurement and the politics of appearance /

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Ultimately, she argues that facial work is not simply a conglomeration of reconstructive techniques aimed at the human face, but rather, that appearance interventions are increasingly treated as lifesaving work. Especially at a time when aesthetic technologies carrying greater risk are emerging and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Talley, Heather Laine (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2014]
Subjects:
Aesthetics > Social asepcts
Aesthetics > Social aspects
Disfigured persons
Face > Social aspects
Physical-appearance-based bias
Social stratification
Surgery, Plastic > Social aspects
Face > surgery
Facial Injuries > surgery
Plastic Surgery Procedures
Prejudice
Aesthetics
Face
MEDICAL / Dermatology
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
Surgery, Plastic
Table of Contents:
  • About Face
  • Facial Work: Aesthetic Surgery as Lifesaving Work
  • Making Faces: Life Makeovers through Facial Work
  • Not Just Another Pretty Face: The Social Value of Unremarkability
  • Saving Face: Redeeming a Universal Face
  • Facing Off: Debating Facial Work, Constructing a "Vital" Intervention
  • At Face Value
  • 1 About Face 7
  • 2 Facial Work: Aesthetic Surgery as Lifesaving Work 24
  • 3 Making Faces: Life Makeovers through Facial Work 47
  • 4 Not Just Another Pretty Face: The Social Value of Unremarkability 76
  • 5 Saving Face: Redeeming a Universal Face 106
  • 6 Facing Off: Debating Facial Work, Constructing a "Vital" Intervention 145
  • 7 At Face Value 179

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