'That is the skin of my brother': alterity, hybridity and media representations of facial transplantation.
aesthetic/plastic and reconstructive/cosmetic surgery
medical humanities
popular media
Journal
Medical humanities
ISSN: 1473-4265
Titre abrégé: Med Humanit
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 100959585
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Dec 2021
Dec 2021
Historique:
accepted:
22
02
2021
pubmed:
29
4
2021
medline:
27
11
2021
entrez:
28
4
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
In this paper, I explore the 2012 face transplant performed on US recipient Richard Norris and how it was represented by the media as a 'makeover story'. Informed by press coverage from the date of the transplant to the present day, I examine a widely viewed and critically acclaimed investigative report that aired on CBS's
Identifiants
pubmed: 33906952
pii: medhum-2020-012031
doi: 10.1136/medhum-2020-012031
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
438-446Informations de copyright
© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2021. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Competing interests: None declared.