{"product_id":"saving-face-disfigurement-and-the-politics-of-appearance-paperback","title":"Saving Face: Disfigurement and the Politics of Appearance - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHeather Laine Talley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner, Body and Embodiment Award presented by the American Sociological Association \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eImagine yourself without a face--the task\u003cbr\u003eseems impossible. The face is a core feature of our physical identity. Our face\u003cbr\u003eis how others identify us and how we think of our 'self'. Yet, human faces are\u003cbr\u003ealso functionally essential as mechanisms for communication and as a means of\u003cbr\u003eeating, breathing, and seeing. For these reasons, facial disfigurement can\u003cbr\u003eendanger our fundamental notions of self and identity or even be life threatening, \u003cbr\u003eat worse. Precisely because it is so difficult to conceal our faces, the\u003cbr\u003edisfigured face compromises appearance, status, and, perhaps, our very way of\u003cbr\u003ebeing in the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Saving Face, sociologist Heather Laine\u003cbr\u003eTalley examines the cultural meaning and social significance of interventions\u003cbr\u003eaimed at repairing faces defined as disfigured. Using ethnography, \u003cbr\u003eparticipant-observation, content analysis, interviews, and autoethnography, \u003cbr\u003eTalley explores four sites in which a range of faces are \"repaired: \" face\u003cbr\u003etransplantation, facial feminization surgery, the reality show Extreme Makeover, and the international charitable\u003cbr\u003eorganization Operation Smile, . Throughout, she considers how efforts focused on\u003cbr\u003erepair sometimes intensify the stigma associated with disfigurement. Drawing\u003cbr\u003eupon experiences volunteering at a camp for children with severe burns, Talley also\u003cbr\u003econsiders alternative interventions and everyday practices that both challenge\u003cbr\u003estigma and help those seen as disfigured negotiate outsider status. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTalley delves into the promise and\u003cbr\u003elimits of facial surgery, continually examining how we might understand\u003cbr\u003eappearance as a facet of privilege and a dimension of inequality. Ultimately, \u003cbr\u003eshe argues that facial work is not simply a conglomeration of reconstructive\u003cbr\u003etechniques aimed at the human face, but rather, that appearance interventions\u003cbr\u003eare increasingly treated as lifesaving work. Especially at a time when\u003cbr\u003eaesthetic technologies carrying greater risk are emerging and when\u003cbr\u003ediscrimination based on appearance is rampant, this important book challenges\u003cbr\u003eus to think critically about how we see the human face.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 9.11 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 15, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47450263912626,"sku":"9780814784112","price":61.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/a228c9d81f2e35da69927b08d01c41ea.webp?v=1778783371","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/saving-face-disfigurement-and-the-politics-of-appearance-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}