02141nam a2200421 i 4500 ebr10802629 CaPaEBR m o d cr cn||||||||| 130819t20142014enk ob 001 0 eng|d 9781409469445 (hardback : alk. paper) 9781409469452 (e-book) CaPaEBR eng rda pn CaPaEBR HM636 .H37 2014eb 302.23 23 Harris-Moore, Deborah. Media and the rhetoric of body perfection : cosmetic surgery, weight loss and beauty in popular culture / Deborah Harris-Moore. Farnham, Surrey : Ashgate, [2014] �2014 1 online resource (210 pages). text rdacontent computer rdamedia online resource rdacarrier 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. Description based on print version record. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Human body Social aspects. Surgery, Plastic Social aspects. Weight loss Social aspects. Beauty culture Social aspects. Mass media. Electronic books. Print version: Harris-Moore, Deborah. Media and the rhetoric of body perfection : cosmetic surgery, weight loss and beauty in popular culture. Farnham, Surrey : Ashgate, [2014] xxiii, 185 pages The cultural politics of media and popular culture 9781409469445 (DLC)17856504 ebrary. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10802629 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 144428 144428