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MEDIA AND THE RHETORIC OF BODY PERFECTION IBD

ROUTLEDGE
10 / 2016
9781138269538
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Sinopsis

Drawing on rich interview material with cosmetic surgery patients and offering fresh analyses of various texts from popular culture, including internationally-screened reality-television, entertainment programs and documentaries, this book examines the ways in which Western media capitalize on body anxiety by presenting physical perfection as a moral imperative, while advertising quick and effective transformation methods to erase physical imperfections.

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93,72