Tony McHugh

Gebundenes Buch

Faces Inside and Outside the Clinic

A Foucauldian Perspective on Cosmetic Facial Modification

Beschreibung

Drawing on studies of surface topography, image editing, and diagnostic and surgical experience, Faces Inside and Outside the Clinic addresses the notion of 'truth' in what are considered to be 'right' and 'wrong' faces, whether in clinical cosmetic procedures or in specific sociocultural contexts outside the clinic. With attention to the manner in which the human face - and often the individual herself or himself as a consequence - is physically defined, conceptually judged, numerically measured and clinically analysed, this book reveals that on closer inspection, supposedly objective and evidential 'truths' are in fact subjective and prescriptive. Adopting a Foucauldian analysis of the ways in which 'normalising technologies' and 'techniques' ultimately preserve and expand upon an increasing array of 'abnormal' facial configurations, Faces Inside and Outside the Clinic shows that when determining 'right' and 'wrong' faces, what happens inside the clinic is inextricably linked to what happens outside the clinic - and vice versa. As such, it will be of interest to scholars and students of social, cultural and political theory, contemporary philosophy and the social scientific study of science, health and technology.

Autor

I have an MLitt degree in visual art and culture, and a PhD in cultural semiotics. I also have a dental degree and specialist qualifications in periodontics and oral plastic surgery. My background as an honorary visiting specialist clinician at Sydney Dental Hospital has provided years of experience treating First Nations people and war veterans. I have also worked as a volunteer at Redfern Community Centre, documenting indigenous children's spoken stories generated from photographic images taken by themselves and their friends. I have published in medical sociology, cultural theory, fine art photography, dental science, and adult fiction. For the last six years I have worked as a freelance academic editor for several major European conferences, chiefly for those speakers whose first language is not English. I am an Australian citizen, and now live in Sydney.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. November 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 482g
• ISBN-13: 9781472412171
• ISBN-10: 1472412176
• Artikelnr.: 41251828