Kathy Davis | |
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| Born | Kathy Davis United States of America |
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| Fields | Sociology, Gender Studies |
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Kathy Davis is an American sociologist who serves as a senior research fellow at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Her work has been influential for her sociological approaches to feminist theory and body politics.
Career and research
Davis is one of the foremost contemporary theorists on a feminist approach to the practice of cosmetic surgery.[1] Her 1995 book Reshaping the Female Body was innovative in its application of sociological research methods to the female patients who undergo cosmetic surgery.[2] She has since been quoted as an expert on the subject by Cosmopolitan, The New Yorker, and the Financial Times.[3][4][5]
Selected books
- Reshaping the Female Body (1995)[2]
- The Making of Our Bodies, Ourselves: How Feminism Travels Across Borders (2007)[6]
Awards and honors
- 2008 Joan Kelly Memorial Prize from the American Historical Association for The Making of Our Bodies, Ourselves (2007)[7]
- 2008 Distinguished Book Award from the Section on the Sociology of Sex and Gender at the American Sociological Association for The Making of Our Bodies, Ourselves (2007)[8]
- 2008 Eileen Basker Memorial Prize from the Society for Medical Anthropology for The Making of Our Bodies, Ourselves (2007)[9]
References
- ^ Febos, Melissa (2022-05-10). "The Feminist Case for Breast Reduction". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
- ^ a b Davis, Kathy. Reshaping the Female Body: The Dilemma of Cosmetic Surgery. doi:10.4324/9780203700129/reshaping-female-body-kathy-davis.
- ^ Alonso, Por Marita (2022-03-08). "¿Eres menos feminista si te inyectas bótox?". Cosmopolitan (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2022-10-26.
- ^ "The Rise and Rise of Reality Television". The New Yorker. 2011-05-02. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
- ^ "Why women's bodies are a political battleground again". Financial Times. 2016-09-16. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
- ^ Davis, Kathy. The Making of Our Bodies, Ourselves. Duke University Press.
- ^ "Joan Kelly Memorial Prize Recipients | AHA". www.historians.org. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
- ^ American Sociological Association. "Sociology of Sex and Gender Award Recipient History". American Sociological Association.
- ^ "Eileen Basker Memorial Prize". Society for Medical Anthropology. 2013-01-08. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
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