Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction PART 1: TOOLS Toolkit for a Modest Witness Pressures of the Text: Intertextuality and Preferred Readings PART 2: DISCOURSES Women's Magazines: Glossing Femininity Feminist Imaginary Bodies The 'Art' of Cosmetic Surgery: Medicine, Metaphor and Meaning The Regulation of Gender: Cosmetic Surgery, Regulatory Processes and Femininity Conclusion Bibliography

About the Author

SUZANNE FRASER is a research fellow at the National Centre in HIV Social Research, University of New South Wales. She has a PhD in Gender Studies, and has published in the areas of health, feminism and cosmetic surgery.