Harris-Moore, Deborah.
Media and the rhetoric of body perfection : cosmetic surgery, weight loss and beauty in popular culture / Deborah Harris-Moore. - 1 online resource (210 pages). - The cultural politics of media and popular culture .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Survival of the fittest -- Mass media and the perfection market -- Reality television transformation -- Fabricating fatness in cinema -- Gaining and losing in real-life transformation -- Resistant bodies and the politics of perfection.
9781409469452 (e-book)
Human body--Social aspects.
Surgery, Plastic--Social aspects.
Weight loss--Social aspects.
Beauty culture--Social aspects.
Mass media.
Electronic books.
HM636 / .H37 2014eb
302.23
Media and the rhetoric of body perfection : cosmetic surgery, weight loss and beauty in popular culture / Deborah Harris-Moore. - 1 online resource (210 pages). - The cultural politics of media and popular culture .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Survival of the fittest -- Mass media and the perfection market -- Reality television transformation -- Fabricating fatness in cinema -- Gaining and losing in real-life transformation -- Resistant bodies and the politics of perfection.
9781409469452 (e-book)
Human body--Social aspects.
Surgery, Plastic--Social aspects.
Weight loss--Social aspects.
Beauty culture--Social aspects.
Mass media.
Electronic books.
HM636 / .H37 2014eb
302.23