Remedying the Body: Plastic Surgery and the Politics of Embodiment in Korea

Name: Remedying the Body: Plastic Surgery and the Politics of Embodiment in Korea
Start: 2026-10-22T20:30:00
End: 2026-10-22T22:30:00
Location: Humanities Conference RoomWilliams Hall 623255 South 36th Street

Book Talk

October 22, 2026 4:30 - 6:30 pm

So-Rim Lee

Humanities Conference Room
Williams Hall 623
255 South 36th Street

In the forthcoming book Remedying the Body, So-Rim Lee explores a cultural discourse of plastic surgery in South Korea through the feminist politics of care. Pulling together archival and cultural materials from the 1950s to the 2020s, Lee takes Korea as a paradigmatic example to reimagine coalitional ways of surviving a world governed by oppressive bodily norms.

Professor Lee will be joined by Penn scholars Laurie Lee (Music), Soosun You (Political Science), and Emily Ng (Anthropology, on Zoom). Books will be available for purchase.