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

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.