Anne-Mette Hermans
Biographic Data
| ID | 308466 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anne-Mette Hermans |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anne-Mette |
| FAMILY NAME | Hermans |
| SIGNATURE | HERMANS A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tilburg University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4406-6824 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 38 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Relational autonomy in the clinical encounter: Female genital cosmetic surgery in Belgium and the Netherlands
The Symbolic Power of Natural Beauty: A Qualitative Inquiry into the Practices of Cosmetic Surgeons and Aesthetic Doctors
Social scientific research into the world of cosmetic surgery and aesthetic medical interventions shows that notions of natural beauty are used to gauge what procedures (not) to perform and who (not) to treat. In this article, we approach natural beauty as a beauty taste to examine how the professional practices of cosmetic surgeons and aesthetic doctors, what we call their beautifying bodywork , shape social inequalities. Drawing on in-depth int…
“How Do I Draw Something That Doesn’t Exist?” A Qualitative Exploration of (Pre)Adolescents’ Constructions and Negotiations of Personal and Ideal(Ized) Bodies Through Drawings
Cosmetic gatekeepers: Negotiations of beauty and (re)shaping bodies by medical aesthetic practitioners
Aesthetic practitioners who administer (non-)surgical medical cosmetic procedures play a central, and growing, role in the (re)shaping of predominantly women's bodies. This article focuses on how these practitioners negotiate their role as cosmetic gatekeepers - those with the medical and sociocultural skills, knowledge and tools - in (re)shaping the bodies of their client-patients. Adopting a reflexive thematic analysis of interviews conducted w…
Body, beauty, enrichment: Theorizing the rise of the cosmetic industry through Boltanski and Esquerre's framework of enrichment
This article enquires into the cosmetic procedures industry, a growing economic field which offers individuals a variety of professional services to aesthetically enhance their bodies. Expanding the work of Boltanski and Esquerre, we theorize the rise of the cosmetic procedures industry as part of a broader shift toward enrichment economies, within which markets focus less on producing new entities and more on capitalizing on existing ones. Cruci…
Oops I did it (again): Patient experiences of complications after non-invasive cosmetic procedures
Lifting, sculpting, and contouring: Implications of the blurred boundary between cosmetic procedures and 'other' beauty products/services
Zero Emission, Zero Compromises: An Intersectional, Qualitative Exploration of Masculinities in Tesla's Consumer Stories
In light of gendered dynamics complicating masculine adoption of self-driving and electric vehicles (EV), we examine how Tesla's video consumer stories envision masculinities within sociotechnical systems of automobility, exploring how corporate representations co-construct drivers and vehicles in gendered ways. Using multimodal critical discourse analysis, we show how the driver-car appropriates movement as a work of raced, gendered, age-depende…
Gone with the wind: Exploring mobile daters' ghosting experiences
This study explores 328 mobile daters' (63% females; 86% heterosexuals) experiences with ghosting, using both open- and close-ended questions. First, we used thematic analysis to explore mobile dating app users' motivations to ghost, the reported consequences of experiencing ghosting and reported strategies to cope with having been ghosted. Next, quantitative analyses were carried out to predict the likelihood of ghosting other users and which fa…
Gone with the wind: Exploring mobile daters' ghosting experiences
This study explores 328 mobile daters' (63% females; 86% heterosexuals) experiences with ghosting, using both open- and close-ended questions. First, we used thematic analysis to explore mobile dating app users' motivations to ghost, the reported consequences of experiencing ghosting and reported strategies to cope with having been ghosted. Next, quantitative analyses were carried out to predict the likelihood of ghosting other users and which fa…
Zero Emission, Zero Compromises: An Intersectional, Qualitative Exploration of Masculinities in Tesla's Consumer Stories
In light of gendered dynamics complicating masculine adoption of self-driving and electric vehicles (EV), we examine how Tesla's video consumer stories envision masculinities within sociotechnical systems of automobility, exploring how corporate representations co-construct drivers and vehicles in gendered ways. Using multimodal critical discourse analysis, we show how the driver-car appropriates movement as a work of raced, gendered, age-depende…
Lifting, sculpting, and contouring: Implications of the blurred boundary between cosmetic procedures and 'other' beauty products/services
Oops I did it (again): Patient experiences of complications after non-invasive cosmetic procedures
Gone with the wind: Exploring mobile daters' ghosting experiences
This study explores 328 mobile daters' (63% females; 86% heterosexuals) experiences with ghosting, using both open- and close-ended questions. First, we used thematic analysis to explore mobile dating app users' motivations to ghost, the reported consequences of experiencing ghosting and reported strategies to cope with having been ghosted. Next, quantitative analyses were carried out to predict the likelihood of ghosting other users and which fa…
Lifting, sculpting, and contouring: Implications of the blurred boundary between cosmetic procedures and 'other' beauty products/services
Zero Emission, Zero Compromises: An Intersectional, Qualitative Exploration of Masculinities in Tesla's Consumer Stories
In light of gendered dynamics complicating masculine adoption of self-driving and electric vehicles (EV), we examine how Tesla's video consumer stories envision masculinities within sociotechnical systems of automobility, exploring how corporate representations co-construct drivers and vehicles in gendered ways. Using multimodal critical discourse analysis, we show how the driver-car appropriates movement as a work of raced, gendered, age-depende…
Oops I did it (again): Patient experiences of complications after non-invasive cosmetic procedures
“How Do I Draw Something That Doesn’t Exist?” A Qualitative Exploration of (Pre)Adolescents’ Constructions and Negotiations of Personal and Ideal(Ized) Bodies Through Drawings
Cosmetic gatekeepers: Negotiations of beauty and (re)shaping bodies by medical aesthetic practitioners
Aesthetic practitioners who administer (non-)surgical medical cosmetic procedures play a central, and growing, role in the (re)shaping of predominantly women's bodies. This article focuses on how these practitioners negotiate their role as cosmetic gatekeepers - those with the medical and sociocultural skills, knowledge and tools - in (re)shaping the bodies of their client-patients. Adopting a reflexive thematic analysis of interviews conducted w…
Body, beauty, enrichment: Theorizing the rise of the cosmetic industry through Boltanski and Esquerre's framework of enrichment
This article enquires into the cosmetic procedures industry, a growing economic field which offers individuals a variety of professional services to aesthetically enhance their bodies. Expanding the work of Boltanski and Esquerre, we theorize the rise of the cosmetic procedures industry as part of a broader shift toward enrichment economies, within which markets focus less on producing new entities and more on capitalizing on existing ones. Cruci…
Relational autonomy in the clinical encounter: Female genital cosmetic surgery in Belgium and the Netherlands
The Symbolic Power of Natural Beauty: A Qualitative Inquiry into the Practices of Cosmetic Surgeons and Aesthetic Doctors
Social scientific research into the world of cosmetic surgery and aesthetic medical interventions shows that notions of natural beauty are used to gauge what procedures (not) to perform and who (not) to treat. In this article, we approach natural beauty as a beauty taste to examine how the professional practices of cosmetic surgeons and aesthetic doctors, what we call their beautifying bodywork , shape social inequalities. Drawing on in-depth int…
Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies (6 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Aesthetics (4 works) · Art (4 works) · Beauty (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Empathy and Medical Education (3 works) · Fashion and Cultural Textiles (3 works) · Negotiation (3 works) · Political science (3 works)