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At Face Value: Facial Difference, Facial Reconstructive Surgery and Face Transplants in Literature and Other Texts

Hornsey, Elizabeth
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1627661976152915

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2021, PhD, University of Cincinnati, Arts and Sciences: English.
This dissertation uses methodologies and frameworks from disability studies, literary theory, sociology and medical historians to argue that representations of facial difference across several genres of texts hinder the social acceptance of facial differences and influence how we respond to them, as well as expectations about reconstructive surgeries. Each chapter analyzes the specific narratives and portrayals of surgeries and facial difference most common for each genre, and how the format of the genre influences these portrayals. By working through these various representations and their specific nuances and narratives, this dissertation aims to suggest a better way forward for how we think of facial differences culturally and socially.
Jennifer Glaser, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Lora Arduser, M.F.A. (Committee Member)
Julia Carlson, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
189 p.
Literature
facial difference; medical humanities; disability studies; facial reconstruction; facial allograft transplantation

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  • Hornsey, E. (2021). At Face Value: Facial Difference, Facial Reconstructive Surgery and Face Transplants in Literature and Other Texts [Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1627661976152915

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Hornsey, Elizabeth. At Face Value: Facial Difference, Facial Reconstructive Surgery and Face Transplants in Literature and Other Texts. 2021. University of Cincinnati, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1627661976152915.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Hornsey, Elizabeth. "At Face Value: Facial Difference, Facial Reconstructive Surgery and Face Transplants in Literature and Other Texts." Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1627661976152915

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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