The history of Western scientific and philosophical thought with regard to the human body is marked by a fascination for establishing the parameters of an ideal body shape. During the nineteenth century physiognomy and cosmetic surgery both took inspiration from the illusion of perfect geometrization of the body and its parameterization. This article analyzes how the medical legitimation of cosmetic surgery, based on deviations from ideal forms, produces the body as an object operable in potentia, in physician-patient interactions and in media discourse.

Ghigi R. (2009). La medicalizzazione della bruttezza. SALUTE E SOCIETÀ, 2/2009, 75-85.

La medicalizzazione della bruttezza

GHIGI, ROSSELLA
2009

Abstract

The history of Western scientific and philosophical thought with regard to the human body is marked by a fascination for establishing the parameters of an ideal body shape. During the nineteenth century physiognomy and cosmetic surgery both took inspiration from the illusion of perfect geometrization of the body and its parameterization. This article analyzes how the medical legitimation of cosmetic surgery, based on deviations from ideal forms, produces the body as an object operable in potentia, in physician-patient interactions and in media discourse.
2009
Ghigi R. (2009). La medicalizzazione della bruttezza. SALUTE E SOCIETÀ, 2/2009, 75-85.
Ghigi R.
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