1st Edition
A New Ethic of 'Older' Subjectivity, surgery, and self-stylization
By Bridget Garnham
Copyright 2017
150 Pages
3 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
150 Pages
3 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
150 Pages
3 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Through its themes of subjectivity, surgery, and self-stylization this book critically examines the cultural constraints and incitements that shape the practice of cosmetic surgery by older people. The book problematizes anti-ageing discourses to provide a nuanced descriptive, ethical, and political reading of ‘older’ identity politics nested within the contemporary ethico-political terrain of... Read more
1. Introducing a New Ethic of ‘Older’
2. Designing ‘Older’ Rather than Denying Ageing
3. The Fractured ‘Older’ Subject at the Limits of ‘Ageing’
4. To Look Better not Younger
5. Ageing Disgracefully and Becoming ‘Older’
6. Concluding Cuts
Biography
Bridget Garnham is a Research Fellow in the Centre for Social Change within the School of Psychology, Social Work, and Social Policy at the University of South Australia, Australia.
