Resistance Against Normalization and Neoliberal
Governmentality in Cosmetic Surgery Makeover TV
A comparative discourse analysis between Make Me Beautiful and Say No to the Knife
MA Thesis – Media Studies: Television and Cross-Media Culture
By Annika Elschot
Date: September 18, 2014 Graduate School of Humanities
University of Amsterdam Thesis supervisor: dr. S.R. Amico Second reader: dr. J.W. Kooijman