Kathy Davis (sociologist)
{{Short description|American sociologist}}
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Kathy Davis is an American sociologist who serves as a senior research fellow at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Her work has been influential for her sociological approaches to feminist theory and body politics.
Career and research
Davis is one of the foremost contemporary theorists on a feminist approach to the practice of cosmetic surgery.{{Cite news |last=Febos |first=Melissa |date=2022-05-10 |title=The Feminist Case for Breast Reduction |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/10/magazine/breast-reduction-feminism.html |access-date=2022-10-26 |issn=0362-4331}} Her 1995 book Reshaping the Female Body was innovative in its application of sociological research methods to the female patients who undergo cosmetic surgery.{{Cite book |last=Davis |first=Kathy |url=https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9780203700129/reshaping-female-body-kathy-davis |title=Reshaping the Female Body: The Dilemma of Cosmetic Surgery |doi=10.4324/9780203700129/reshaping-female-body-kathy-davis}} She has since been quoted as an expert on the subject by Cosmopolitan, The New Yorker, and the Financial Times.{{Cite web |last=Alonso |first=Por Marita |date=2022-03-08 |title=¿Eres menos feminista si te inyectas bótox? |url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/es/consejos-planes/familia-amigos/a39110758/mala-feminista-botox/ |access-date=2022-10-26 |website=Cosmopolitan |language=es-ES}}{{Cite web |date=2011-05-02 |title=The Rise and Rise of Reality Television |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/05/09/the-reality-principle |access-date=2022-10-26 |website=The New Yorker |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |date=2016-09-16 |title=Why women’s bodies are a political battleground again |work=Financial Times |url=https://www.ft.com/content/2aaba124-7b24-11e6-ae24-f193b105145e |access-date=2022-10-26}}
Selected books
- Reshaping the Female Body (1995)
- The Making of Our Bodies, Ourselves: How Feminism Travels Across Borders (2007){{Cite book |last=Davis |first=Kathy |title=The Making of Our Bodies, Ourselves |publisher=Duke University Press}}
Awards and honors
- 2008 Joan Kelly Memorial Prize from the American Historical Association for The Making of Our Bodies, Ourselves (2007){{Cite web |title=Joan Kelly Memorial Prize Recipients {{!}} AHA |url=https://www.historians.org/awards-and-grants/past-recipients/joan-kelly-memorial-prize-recipients |access-date=2022-10-26 |website=www.historians.org}}
- 2008 Distinguished Book Award from the Section on the Sociology of Sex and Gender at the American Sociological Association for The Making of Our Bodies, Ourselves (2007){{Cite web |last=American Sociological Association |title=Sociology of Sex and Gender Award Recipient History |url=https://www.asanet.org/communities-sections/sections/current-sections/sex-and-gender/sociology-sex-and-gender-award-recipient-history#:~:text=2008%3A%20Laura%20Hamilton%2C%20Indiana%20University,2007.&text=2006%3A%20C.,(5)%3A621%2D643. |website=American Sociological Association}}
- 2008 Eileen Basker Memorial Prize from the Society for Medical Anthropology for The Making of Our Bodies, Ourselves (2007){{Cite web |date=2013-01-08 |title=Eileen Basker Memorial Prize |url=https://medanthro.net/about/sma-awards/eileen-basker-memorial-prize/ |access-date=2022-10-26 |website=Society for Medical Anthropology |language=en-US}}
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Category:21st-century American women scientists
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Category:American women sociologists
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