[csaa-forum] Call for Papers - Anthology of feminist writing about cosmetic surgery

[Meredith Jones]

Call for Papers
Anthology of feminist writing about cosmetic surgery

PLEASE CIRCULATE WIDELY

Working title: "Feminist Perspectives on Cosmetic Surgery"

This multi-disciplinary anthology will provide the first scholarly
volume 
dedicated to feminist perspectives on cosmetic surgery.  We are
currently 
seeking abstracts of between 600 and 1000 words for chapters of up to
6000 words.  Proposals for shorter pieces, artist's statements, and
printable art works 
will also be considered.  Submissions from (post)graduate students are 
welcome.  Possible topics include:

Cosmetic Surgery and Ethnicity
The Class Politics of Cosmetic Surgery
Cosmetic Surgery and Aging
Cosmetic Surgery, Choice, and Agency
Cosmetic Surgery and Femininity/Masculinity
Cosmetic Surgery's relation to health care systems and medical
practices.
Cosmetic Surgeons
Reality or 'Makeover' Television
Representations of Cosmetic Surgery in Cinema
Cosmetic Surgery and Transgender or Intersex Issues
Art and Cosmetic Surgery, or Cosmetic Surgery as Art
Relation between Cosmetic Surgery and Body Modification
Cosmetic Surgery Advertising
Cosmetic Surgery and Beauty Pageants
Celebrity Cosmetic Surgery
Cosmetic Surgery Tourism
Cosmetic Surgery and the Posthuman / the Transhuman 
Cosmetic Surgery and Globalisation

Please send abstracts (of between 600 and 1000 words for a 6000 word
chapter) 
to the editors, Cressida Heyes (cressida.heyes at ualberta.ca) and Meredith
Jones 
(meredith.jones at uws.edu.au) by August 15, 2005.  Include a brief CV and
list of 
publications.   Do not hesitate to contact the editors for further 
information.