Drawing on examples of things that happen to us but are nonetheless excluded from experience, as well as critical phenomenology, genealogy, and feminist theory, Cressida J. Heyes shows how and why experience has edges, and analyzes phenomena that press against them.
Practices of cosmetic surgery have grown exponentially in both over-developed and developing worlds. This book reveals the complexity of feminist engagements with cosmetic surgery that still remains vastly more popular among women.