Bernadette Wegenstein
Biographic Data
| ID | 150733 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bernadette Wegenstein |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bernadette |
| FAMILY NAME | Wegenstein |
| SIGNATURE | WEGENSTEIN B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of German and Romance Languages and Literatures at the Johns Hopkins University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Physiognomy, Reality Television and the Cosmetic Gaze
In this article we argue that our present-day mode of looking at bodies expresses a cosmetic gaze, that is, a gaze already informed by the techniques, expectations and strategies of bodily modification and a way of looking at bodies as awaiting an improvement. The cosmetic gaze, as we see it epitomized in contemporary media phenomena like reality makeover shows on television, is also a physiognomic gaze in that it creates a short-circuit between …
Getting Under the Skin, or, How Faces Have Become Obsolete
Over the last two decades, the discourse around and about the body, as represented in popular science, in the arts (especially performance art), 2 in theory and cultural studies, and even in the realm of advertisement and fashion (e.g., the new cosmetic lines of high-fashion designers such as Helmut Lang), has gotten more and more "under the skin." The importance of outer appearances to the representation of the body has receded as the inner body…
Physiognomy, Reality Television and the Cosmetic Gaze
In this article we argue that our present-day mode of looking at bodies expresses a cosmetic gaze, that is, a gaze already informed by the techniques, expectations and strategies of bodily modification and a way of looking at bodies as awaiting an improvement. The cosmetic gaze, as we see it epitomized in contemporary media phenomena like reality makeover shows on television, is also a physiognomic gaze in that it creates a short-circuit between …
Getting Under the Skin, or, How Faces Have Become Obsolete
Over the last two decades, the discourse around and about the body, as represented in popular science, in the arts (especially performance art), 2 in theory and cultural studies, and even in the realm of advertisement and fashion (e.g., the new cosmetic lines of high-fashion designers such as Helmut Lang), has gotten more and more "under the skin." The importance of outer appearances to the representation of the body has receded as the inner body…
Getting Under the Skin, or, How Faces Have Become Obsolete
Over the last two decades, the discourse around and about the body, as represented in popular science, in the arts (especially performance art), 2 in theory and cultural studies, and even in the realm of advertisement and fashion (e.g., the new cosmetic lines of high-fashion designers such as Helmut Lang), has gotten more and more "under the skin." The importance of outer appearances to the representation of the body has receded as the inner body…
Physiognomy, Reality Television and the Cosmetic Gaze
In this article we argue that our present-day mode of looking at bodies expresses a cosmetic gaze, that is, a gaze already informed by the techniques, expectations and strategies of bodily modification and a way of looking at bodies as awaiting an improvement. The cosmetic gaze, as we see it epitomized in contemporary media phenomena like reality makeover shows on television, is also a physiognomic gaze in that it creates a short-circuit between …
Aesthetics (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Visual arts (2 works) · Anatomy (1 works) · Beauty (1 works) · Biology (1 works) · Empathy and Medical Education (1 works) · Fashion and Cultural Textiles (1 works) · Gaze (1 works)