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Embodying Normalcy

Women's Work in Neoliberal Times

Lucia Soriano

Embodying Normalcy: Women’s Work in Neoliberal Times calls attention to how women in the United States do a type of unpaid work to embody the latest trends for the purpose of achieving success in neoliberal culture. Using TLC reality shows, lifestyle and beauty influencers, Brazilian butt lift TikToks, and celebrities like Kim Kardashian as her archive, Lucia Soriano delivers four case studies that draw on gender studies, media studies, disability studies, and American studies to illustrate how the prerequisite for women to succeed in neoliberal culture calls for them to treat their bodies as projects that must be transformed every day.

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Lexington Books
Pages: 104 • Trim: 6¼ x 9⅜
978-1-66691-942-4 • Hardback • November 2024 • $95.00 • (£73.00)
Subjects: Social Science / Gender Studies, Social Science / Women's Studies, Social Science / American Studies, Social Science / Media Studies

Lucia Soriano is assistant professor in women's, gender, and sexuality studies and ethnic studies at Albion College.

Introduction

The Work of Embodying Normalcy

Chapter 1

The Transformative Spectacle of Embodying Normalcy in TLC’s Make-Over Reality Shows

Chapter 2

Consuming The Techniques of Normality and Beauty Influencers

Chapter 3

Normative Motherhood: Serving The Nation Through Entrepreneurship, Self-Sufficiency, and Physical Fitness

Chapter 4 The Rise of Brazilian Butt Lifts as the New Goal-Body

Epilogue

The Ozempic Era

Embodying Normalcy

Women's Work in Neoliberal Times

Cover Image
Hardback
Summary
Summary
  • Embodying Normalcy: Women’s Work in Neoliberal Times calls attention to how women in the United States do a type of unpaid work to embody the latest trends for the purpose of achieving success in neoliberal culture. Using TLC reality shows, lifestyle and beauty influencers, Brazilian butt lift TikToks, and celebrities like Kim Kardashian as her archive, Lucia Soriano delivers four case studies that draw on gender studies, media studies, disability studies, and American studies to illustrate how the prerequisite for women to succeed in neoliberal culture calls for them to treat their bodies as projects that must be transformed every day.

Details
Details
  • Lexington Books
    Pages: 104 • Trim: 6¼ x 9⅜
    978-1-66691-942-4 • Hardback • November 2024 • $95.00 • (£73.00)
    Subjects: Social Science / Gender Studies, Social Science / Women's Studies, Social Science / American Studies, Social Science / Media Studies
Author
Author
  • Lucia Soriano is assistant professor in women's, gender, and sexuality studies and ethnic studies at Albion College.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • Introduction

    The Work of Embodying Normalcy

    Chapter 1

    The Transformative Spectacle of Embodying Normalcy in TLC’s Make-Over Reality Shows

    Chapter 2

    Consuming The Techniques of Normality and Beauty Influencers

    Chapter 3

    Normative Motherhood: Serving The Nation Through Entrepreneurship, Self-Sufficiency, and Physical Fitness

    Chapter 4 The Rise of Brazilian Butt Lifts as the New Goal-Body

    Epilogue

    The Ozempic Era

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