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dc.contributor.authorJones, M-
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-04T07:54:03Z-
dc.date.available2024-04-04T07:54:03Z-
dc.date.issued2024-05-29-
dc.identifierORCiD: Meredith Jones https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3684-4689-
dc.identifier.citationJones, M. (2024) 'The Kardashians: citizens of surplus', Citizenship Studies, 0 (ahead of print), pp. 1 - 18. doi: 10.1080/13621025.2024.2348870.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1362-1025-
dc.identifier.urihttps://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/28694-
dc.description.abstractThis article engages with the manufacture/purchase of feminine beauty, especially via cosmetic surgery, U.S. citizenship, and prosperity Christianity. It aligns the Kardashians’ form of capitalist beauty with their Christian rhetoric in context of their uptake of ‘surplus citizenship’. I argue that prosperity Christianity together with certain aesthetic body modifications reveal a contemporary version of U.S. citizenship that speaks of entrepreneurial self-enhancement, national belonging, and affluence. I show that this ‘new’ type of citizenship is rooted in deeply racialised practices and processes. A case study – the rise and fall of the so-called ‘Brazilian butt lift’ (BBL) – is offered in order to demonstrate these ideas.en_US
dc.format.extent1 - 18-
dc.format.mediumPrint-Electronic-
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherRoutledge (Taylor and Francis Group)en_US
dc.rightsCopyright © 2024 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent.-
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/-
dc.subjectbeautyen_US
dc.subjectBrazilian butt lift (BBL)en_US
dc.subjectcitizenshipen_US
dc.subjectcosmetic surgeryen_US
dc.subjectKardashiansen_US
dc.subjectprosperity Christianityen_US
dc.titleThe Kardashians: citizens of surplusen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.date.dateAccepted2024-04-01-
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/13621025.2024.2348870-
dc.relation.isPartOfCitizenship Studies-
pubs.publication-statusPublished online-
pubs.volume0-
dc.identifier.eissn1469-3593-
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dc.rights.holderThe Author(s)-
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