Breast Surgery as a Gender Technology: Analyzing Plastic Surgeons’ Discourses
This article explores the role of breast surgery as a gender technology by considering the discourse of plastic surgeons. We analyze the gender discourses that come into play when surgeons are asked to distinguish between 3 cases of breast surgery: breast implantation for transsexual women, postmast...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2017 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | UVic-UCC |
| Repositorio: | RiUVic. Repositori institucional de la UVic-UCC |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:dspace.uvic.cat:10854/8481 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10854/8481 https://doi.org/10.1080/15240657.2017.1349504 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Mama -- Càncer -- Cirurgia Mastoplàstia Dones transsexuals Estudis de dones |
| Sumario: | This article explores the role of breast surgery as a gender technology by considering the discourse of plastic surgeons. We analyze the gender discourses that come into play when surgeons are asked to distinguish between 3 cases of breast surgery: breast implantation for transsexual women, postmastectomy breast intervention, and breast augmentation for aesthetic reasons. In the surgeons’ discourses, the 3 interventions are situated in the reconstruction/cosmetic divide. However, we can see that this boundary is profoundly influenced by cultural conceptions of gender. These gendered conceptions affect what is labeled normal/abnormal, what demands are considered legitimate, and which bodies are deemed able to possess certain attributes. |
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