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Plastic and cosmetic surgeries: cyborgs and aesthetic/ technological interfaces in the construction of the twentieth century body

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  • Claudia Calquín Donoso Universidad Central de Chile
No. 10 (2018): Diciembre
https://doi.org/10.5354/2735-7473.2018.52960

Abstract

The paper analyzes the emergence of plastic and cosmetic surgery during the twentieth century. Underpinned by the cyborg theory developed by Donna Haraway, this article attempts at the analysis of new ways of relationship between body and society, delving into reconstructive and aesthetic surgeries as techniques of production and construction of contemporary bodies. It looks at these new forms insofar they constitute new devices for subjectivity in which the interplay between socio-technical linkages and the body politics of technology, medicine, gender and aesthetic take place.

Keywords:

Reconstructive surgeries, cosmetic surgeries, cyborg, body, technologies

Author Biography

Claudia Calquín Donoso, Universidad Central de Chile

PhD. en Ciudadanía y Derechos Humanos, Máster en Estudios de Mujeres, Género y Ciudadanía, ambos grados obtenidos en la Universidad de Barcelona, Académica Universidad Central de Chile, docente de pre y pos grado, investigadora responsable proyecto Fondecyt N°11160371. Líneas de investigación en género, feminismo y gubernamentalidad.

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Calquín Donoso, C. (2019). Plastic and cosmetic surgeries: cyborgs and aesthetic/ technological interfaces in the construction of the twentieth century body. Revista Punto Género, (10), pp 41– 59. https://doi.org/10.5354/2735-7473.2018.52960
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