Reading medicalization of racial features

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Assignment:

1. Provide a summary on the reading "Medicalization of Racial Features: Asian American Women and Cosmetic Surgery" (Eugenia Kaw, 1993).

2. Answer the following questions from the above reading:

• What is Kaw's main interest or argument?

• What are Kaw's data sources?

• Kaw argues that the kinds of cosmetic surgery sought by US women are racially-specific. What do White women opt for vs. Asian women? Do both sets of surgical procedures correspond to racial identity?

• What racist characterizations of Asian women's personalities are seen to be embodied in these facial features?

• What relationship does Kaw see between these plastic surgeries and symbolic capital?

• Did you notice any cultural metaphors in this article?

• How did the surgeon's office-the environment, the language used, the equipment-normalize the act of race-targeted surgery?

• How does this article evidence structural violence?

• This article was published 30 years ago. Do you think a similar study done today would produce similar results?

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