Faces Inside and Outside the Clinic

A Foucauldian Perspective on Cosmetic Facial Modification

Tony Mchugh (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

206 Seiten

2017
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-25253-0 (ISBN)

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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.

Tony McHugh is a research associate in the Department of Media, Music, Communication, and Cultural Studies at Macquarie University, Australia, and has three decades of diagnostic and surgical teaching experience at the University of Sydney, Australia.

List of Figures, Acknowledgements, Foreword, A Note on the Typescript, Introduction: The Human Face as…, 1. Surfaces and Depths in and of the Face, 2. Re-visioning Faces in Time and Space, 3. Technologies and Techniques of and for the Face, 4. The Face of An-Other as Oneself, Conclusion, References, Index

Erscheinungsdatum	07.09.2016
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeine Psychologie
	Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Chirurgie ► Ästhetische und Plastische Chirurgie
	Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Med. Psychologie / Soziologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
ISBN-10	1-138-25253-0 / 1138252530
ISBN-13	978-1-138-25253-0 / 9781138252530
Zustand	Neuware