{"product_id":"reflecting-on-cosmetic-surgery-jane-northrop-9780415521390","title":"Reflecting on Cosmetic Surgery: Body Image, Shame and Narcissism","description":"\u003cp\u003eCosmetic surgery represents an extreme form of modern grooming. It is the fastest growing medical specialty, yet misconceptions abound about those who undertake it and their reasons for doing so. With a grounded approach, engaging 30 women through in-depth interview, this study explores how they chose cosmetic surgery as an option. Their accounts frame a theoretical discussion, in which Northrop proposes that cosmetic surgery is initiated within the vulnerable and divisive relationship between the self and its poor body image. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePoor body image and the attempt at its reparation are examined conceptually through shame and narcissism. With compelling case studies and a multi-disciplinary approach, \u003cem\u003eReflecting on Cosmetic Surgery\u003c\/em\u003e demonstrates that shame constitutes a framework through which we formulate appearance norms and learn the art of becoming socially embodied. Shame concerns the self, but manifests in response to perceived social phenomena. Through the evaluation and amendment of body image with cosmetic surgery, notions of self and social worthiness are played out. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNorthrop argues convincingly for a review of the way in which we view narcissism and proposes that shame, and the discomforts arising from it, are implicated in its occurrence. This book will appeal to students and scholars across the social sciences, and particularly in women's studies and gender studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jane Northrop\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415521394\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415521390\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/16\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.13lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d","brand":"Jane Northrop","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48112750756095,"sku":"9780415521390","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0895f3f3-6596-4321-bd42-8c0bfeb86937.jpg?v=1769610689","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/reflecting-on-cosmetic-surgery-jane-northrop-9780415521390","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}