Deborah Caslav Covino is Associate Professor of English at California State University Stanislaus.

• Acknowledgments Introduction Objectification and False ConsciousnessAbjection, Agency, and Identification 1. Abjection PainCommunication and ExpulsionTransgression, Identification, and Community 2. Normalizing the Body The ScarBody LoathingIndustry Success 3. Outside-In 4. "I'm Doing It for Me" "Ana’s Aloha Body" "Fatima's Flawless Nose" "Light in Jodi's Eyes" 5. Making Over Abjection Positive ThinkingUpdating and UpgradingFreedom of ChoicePassingHappy Aging Conclusion Notes Works Cited Index

Deborah Caslav Covino is Associate Professor of English at California State University Stanislaus.

• Acknowledgments Introduction Objectification and False ConsciousnessAbjection, Agency, and Identification 1. Abjection PainCommunication and ExpulsionTransgression, Identification, and Community 2. Normalizing the Body The ScarBody LoathingIndustry Success 3. Outside-In 4. "I'm Doing It for Me" "Ana’s Aloha Body" "Fatima's Flawless Nose" "Light in Jodi's Eyes" 5. Making Over Abjection Positive ThinkingUpdating and UpgradingFreedom of ChoicePassingHappy Aging Conclusion Notes Works Cited Index

Deborah Caslav Covino is Associate Professor of English at California State University Stanislaus.

• Acknowledgments Introduction Objectification and False ConsciousnessAbjection, Agency, and Identification 1. Abjection PainCommunication and ExpulsionTransgression, Identification, and Community 2. Normalizing the Body The ScarBody LoathingIndustry Success 3. Outside-In 4. "I'm Doing It for Me" "Ana’s Aloha Body" "Fatima's Flawless Nose" "Light in Jodi's Eyes" 5. Making Over Abjection Positive ThinkingUpdating and UpgradingFreedom of ChoicePassingHappy Aging Conclusion Notes Works Cited Index