Good Ideas Of The 20Th Century: Plastic Surgery

Record ID: 121476
  • Title: Good Ideas Of The 20Th Century: Plastic Surgery
  • Date: 15th February 1994
  • Summary: WILL SELF'S FIRST NOVEL, MY IDEA OF FUN, APPEARS THIS AUTUMN. HIS COLLECTION OF STORIES, THE QUANTITY THEORY OF INSANITY, WON THE 1993 GEOFFREY FABER MEMORIAL PRIZE AND HE WAS ALSO SELECTED AS ONE OF GRANTA'S TWENTY YOUNG BRITISH NOVELISTS IN 1993. WILL SELF TAKES A TYPICALLY PROVOCATIVE LOOK AT PLASTIC SURGERY AS ONE OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY'S GOOD IDEAS, EXPLORING CAMUS' DICTUM THAT BY THE AGE OF 40 EACH MAN IS RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS OWN COUNTENANCE: NOW THAT IS LITERALLY TRUE AS THE COUNTENANCE HAS BECOME CHANGEABLE, UNDER THE KNIFE RATHER THAN THROUGH OUR OWN ACTIONS. THE BODY - BEAUTIFUL OR NOT - HAS BECOME THE FINAL CANVAS.
  • Description:SEMINAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO 20TH CENTURY CULTURE (FOR WITHOUT WALLS)
  • Broadcaster:Channel 4
  • Collection: Channel 4
  • Genre:Documentary and Factual
  • Producer:Kudos Productions Ltd.
  • Programme Episode:Episode 3
  • Transmission Date:15/02/1994
  • Rights:On Request
  • Decade: 1990s
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