Becoming/Being a Cosmetic Surgery Patient
Semantic Instability and the Intersubjective Self
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4942866 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Victoria Pitts-Taylor (0000-0002-3145-1467, City University of New York, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 119-128 |
| Publication date | 2009-07-07 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in Gender and Sexuality (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1524-0657 • E-ISSN: 1940-9206 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/15240650902979202 |
| OpenAlex | W2084065594 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 20 |
| References cited | 6 |
Against approaches that center the subject—the cosmetic surgery patient—as the primary site of inquiry regarding the “truth” of cosmetic surgery, I argue that we must rethink the positioning of the subject in considering cosmetic surgery's meanings. Here I offer a brief discussion of various feminist theories of the cosmetic surgery patient, as well as an account of my own experience of cosmetic surgery, to explore how the cosmetic surgery patient is semantically unstable, named and identified through a variety of discourses and social relations. This semantic instability suggests a need to examine the ongoing processes by which cosmetic surgery comes to have meaning and by which the subjectivity of the cosmetic surgery patient is produced
Epistemology · Psychotherapist · Subjectivity · Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies · Computer Science · Empathy and Medical Education · Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices · Medicine · Philosophy · Psychology · Surgery
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| Unique citing works | 20 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,18 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2025 (17) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 20 |