Saving Face: Disfigurement And The Politics Of Appearance

In Saving Face, sociologist Heather Laine Talley examines the cultural meaning and social significance of interventions aimed at repairing faces defined as disfigured. Using ethnography, participant-observation, content analysis, interviews, and autoethnography, Talley explores four sites in which a range of faces are 'repaired': face transplantation, facial feminization surgery, the reality show Extreme Makeover, and the international charitable organization Operation Smile.--Page [4] of cover.

• | Author: Heather Laine Talley
• | Publisher: Nyu Press
• | Publication Date: Aug 15, 2014
• | Number of Pages: 256 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0814784100
• | ISBN-13: 9780814784105