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The Cosmetic Gaze: Body Modification and the Construction of Beauty
The Cosmetic Gaze: Body Modification and the Construction of Beauty
By
Bernadette Wegenstein
Bernadette Wegenstein

Bernadette Wegenstein is Research Professor in the Department of German and Romance Languages and Literatures at Johns Hopkins University, where she also directs the Center for Advanced Media Studies. The author of Getting Under the Skin: Body and Media Theory (MIT Press, 2006), she is also a documentary filmmaker.

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/9780262232678.001.0001
ISBN electronic:
9780262301114
Publication date:
2012
Book Chapter

2: The Dark Side of Beauty: From Convulsive Beauty to Makeover Disfiguration

Doi:
https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/7584.003.0004
  • Published:
    2012
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