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29 Cards in this Set
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According to Gimlin, are people who get plastic surgery delusional?
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No. The ideal is.
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Gimlin: How do women who get plastic surgery gain power?
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by conforming to social body ideals
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Normalization
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process of going from normal to normalized. Example: seeing plastic surgery on TV all the time makes us more aware of the ideal
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Gimlin:Media Effects
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if you see it in the media, you'll do it
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Gimlin: does plastic surgery accomplish goals?
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Usually has desired outcomes
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what is the function of a cautionary tale?
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to discourage "bad" behavior
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Gimlin: how is the "formula of deserving" for P.S. different in the US and the UK?
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U.S. (you pay): this will empower me
UK (socialized med): this will help me contribute to society |
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Gimlin: do women who get P.S. "take the easy way out"?
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not necessarily. They have to work hard to assimilate their surgeries into their identities
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Gimlin: how does the surgeon act as an artist?
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"sculpting" the human body
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Intermediary currency
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feeling good about selves makes us better workers, spouses, citizens, etc
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Gimlin: conditions under which surgery is ok
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-Reconstructive
-reclaim body (i.e. "mom job") |
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ethnic anonymity
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don't want to be identified as an ethnicity on sight alone
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example of enculturated
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plastic surgeons. Even experts aren't above culture! They live within it and are shaped by it when they offer consultations
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privileged labor
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the work of plastic surgery done by the surgeon, what we admire about the woman.
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docile body
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the job of the patient is to provide the passive & compliant body
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visuality
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if you look at me, I have power
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what is the function of beauty queens?
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showcase values that exist at the center of a group's identity
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other roles on par with celebrity?
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-hero
-deity -royalty |
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dominant ideology does what 2 things?
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-presents itself as dominant
-denies legitimacy of all others |
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example of a transcendent celeb
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James Cameron - Avatar
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example of a reinforcing celeb
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Taylor Swift
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example of a seductive celeb
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Shia Lebeouf
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Celebrity/gender
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-celebrity=fleeting, fan culture, gossip, vanity
-Feminine |
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fame/gender
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-fame=enduring, classic
-Masculine -"the great man" |
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example of paradoxical uniqueness
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calling Taylor swift "the girl next door"
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example of camp
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-Cam on modern family
-Glee |
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example of mischievous incongruity
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camp batman - brings together notions of superhero and undertones of homosexuality
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scopophilia
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person being looked at loves it, wouldn't change anything
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The gaze
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in the Bodyguard, the gazer has all of the agency/power
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