Abigail Brooks
Biographic Data
| ID | 3604028 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Abigail Brooks |
| GIVEN NAMES | Abigail |
| FAMILY NAME | Brooks |
| SIGNATURE | BROOKS A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Boston College |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8378-694X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 43 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Aesthetic anti-ageing surgery and technology: Women's Friend or Foe
This study investigates women's attitudes about, and experiences of, aesthetic anti-ageing surgeries and technologies against the contextual backdrop of the growing commercialisation of medicine in the United States. Drawing from 44 intensive interviews with a spectrum of women between the ages of 47 and 76 who use, refuse, and are currently undecided about whether or not they will have or use aesthetic anti-ageing surgeries and technologies in t…
Feminist Standpoint Epistemology: Building Knowledge and Empowerment Through Women's Lived Experience
Culture, Power, and History: Studies in Critical Sociology
This volume brings together theoretical meditations and empirical studies of the intersection of culture, power and history in social life. New strategies for marketing and advertising to children, the production of gendered subjectivity in maquiladora factories, the racialized economic history of the construction of the Chicago School of sociology, and the normalization of cosmetic plastic surgery in contemporary America—these are some of the cr…
Under the Knife and Proud of It: An Analysis of the Normalization of Cosmetic Surgery
This article investigates a growing acceptance and approval of cosmetic surgery among Americans. An analysis of recent media coverage of cosmetic surgery reveals two dominant narrative frames that project favorable interpretations of cosmetic surgery. Several normalizing themes within these narrative frames are highlighted, including associations between cosmetic surgery and scientific progress, technological innovation, and mental and physical h…
Aesthetic anti-ageing surgery and technology: Women's Friend or Foe
This study investigates women's attitudes about, and experiences of, aesthetic anti-ageing surgeries and technologies against the contextual backdrop of the growing commercialisation of medicine in the United States. Drawing from 44 intensive interviews with a spectrum of women between the ages of 47 and 76 who use, refuse, and are currently undecided about whether or not they will have or use aesthetic anti-ageing surgeries and technologies in t…
Under the Knife and Proud of It: An Analysis of the Normalization of Cosmetic Surgery
This article investigates a growing acceptance and approval of cosmetic surgery among Americans. An analysis of recent media coverage of cosmetic surgery reveals two dominant narrative frames that project favorable interpretations of cosmetic surgery. Several normalizing themes within these narrative frames are highlighted, including associations between cosmetic surgery and scientific progress, technological innovation, and mental and physical h…
Under the Knife and Proud of It: An Analysis of the Normalization of Cosmetic Surgery
This article investigates a growing acceptance and approval of cosmetic surgery among Americans. An analysis of recent media coverage of cosmetic surgery reveals two dominant narrative frames that project favorable interpretations of cosmetic surgery. Several normalizing themes within these narrative frames are highlighted, including associations between cosmetic surgery and scientific progress, technological innovation, and mental and physical h…
Culture, Power, and History: Studies in Critical Sociology
This volume brings together theoretical meditations and empirical studies of the intersection of culture, power and history in social life. New strategies for marketing and advertising to children, the production of gendered subjectivity in maquiladora factories, the racialized economic history of the construction of the Chicago School of sociology, and the normalization of cosmetic plastic surgery in contemporary America—these are some of the cr…
Feminist Standpoint Epistemology: Building Knowledge and Empowerment Through Women's Lived Experience
Aesthetic anti-ageing surgery and technology: Women's Friend or Foe
This study investigates women's attitudes about, and experiences of, aesthetic anti-ageing surgeries and technologies against the contextual backdrop of the growing commercialisation of medicine in the United States. Drawing from 44 intensive interviews with a spectrum of women between the ages of 47 and 76 who use, refuse, and are currently undecided about whether or not they will have or use aesthetic anti-ageing surgeries and technologies in t…
Sociology (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Ageing (1 works) · Aging and Gerontology Research (1 works) · Anthropology (1 works)