Dr Meredith Jones

Senior Lecturer, Institute for Interactive Media and Learning
Core Member, Transforming Cultures

Ph.D. (UWS)
Email: Meredith.Jones@uts.edu.au
Phone: +61 2 9514 2196
Fax: +61 2 9514 1666
Room: CB01.27.12 (map)
Mailing address: PO Box 123, Broadway NSW 2007, Australia

Biography
Dr Meredith Jones is a media and cultural studies scholar. Her research is based around the intersections between culture and technology, gender, popular media studies and feminist theories of the body.

One of the pioneers of Cosmetic Surgery Studies, Meredith is the author of "Skintight: An Anatomy of Cosmetic Surgery" (2008, Berg, Oxford) and "Cosmetic Surgery: A Feminist Primer" (2009, Ashgate, England & USA, with Cressida Heyes). Her current research is about cosmetic surgery tourism in Thailand and medical tourism in India.

Meredith is the co-founder (with award-winning designer Suzanne
Boccalatte) of the innovative Trunk books series, the first of which, HAIR, was launched at the 2009 Sydney Writers' Festival. The next volume in the Trunk series will be BLOOD.

Meredith is available to supervise PhD and DCA candidates in the broad areas of gender studies, media studies and cultural studies. Her teaching interests are in Media Theory, Cybertheory, Visual Design and Literacy, Culture and Technology, Online Environments and Media Arts.

She is Program Leader for the UTS Graduate Courses in Interactive Media.

See Meredith's website at: http://www.meredith.jones.name

Professional
AIMIA member

Research supervision: Yes

Publications

Books

Jones, M.R. 2008, Skintight: An Anatomy of Cosmetic Surgery, 1, Berg, Oxford, UK.
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Jones, M.R. 2009, Trunk Volume One: Hair, Boccalatte Pty Ltd, Sydney, Australia.

Jones, M.R. 2009, Cosmetic Surgery: A Feminist Primer, Ashgate, England & USA.

Book Chapters

Jones, M.R. & Sofoulis, Z. 2002, 'Stelarc and Orlan in the Middle Ages' in Zylinska J (eds), The cyborg experiments: the extensions of the body in the media age, Continuum, London, UK, pp. 56-72.
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Jones, M.R. 2009, 'Media-bodies and screen-births: Cosmetic surgery reality television' in Tania Lewis (eds), TV Transformations: Revealing the Makeover Show, Routledge, London & New York, pp. 75-84.
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Jones, M.R. 2008, 'Medical Anti-Aging Procedures' in Victoria Pitts-Taylor (eds), Cultural Encyclopedia of the Body, Greenwood Press, Westport, Connecticut, London, pp. 148-159.

Jones, M.R. 2008, 'Orlan' in Victoria Pitts-Taylor (eds), Cultural Encyclopedia of the Body, Greenwood Press, Westport, Connecticut, London, pp. 161-164.

Jones, M.R. 2008, 'The History of Anti-Aging Surgery' in Victoria Pitts-Taylor (eds), Cultural Encyclopedia of the Body, Greenwood Press, Westport, Connecticut, London, pp. 137-141.

Jones, M.R. 2008, 'Cheekbones' in Victoria Pitts-Taylor (eds), Cultural Encyclopedia of the Body, Greenwood Press, Westport, Connecticut, London, pp. 69-71.

Jones, M.R. 2008, 'Rhinoplasty' in Victoria Pitts-Taylor (eds), Cultural Encyclopedia of the Body, Greenwood Press, Westport, Connecticut, London, pp. 370-378.

Jones, M.R. & Heyes, C.J. 2009, 'Cosmetic surgery in the age of gender' in Cressida J. Heyes & Meredith Jones (eds), Cosmetic Surgery: A Feminist Primer, Ashgate, England & USA, pp. 1-17.
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Jones, M.R. 2009, 'Pygmalion's Many Faces' in Cressida J. Heyes & Meredith Jones (eds), Cosmetic Surgery: A Feminist Primer, Ashgate, England & USA, pp. 171-187.
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Journal Articles

Jones, M.R. 2004, 'Mutton Cut Up as Lamb: Mothers, Daughters and Cosmetic Surgery', Continuum: Journal of Media and Cultural Studies, vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 525-539.
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Jones, M.R. 2004, 'Architecture of the body: Cosmetic surgery and postmodern space', Space and Culture, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 90-101.
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Jones, M.R. 2007, 'Viva la Muff', Online Opinion: Australia's e-journal of social and political debate, vol. n/a.
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Jones, M.R. 2005, 'Cosmetic Surgery, Gender and Culture', Social Semiotics, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 256-258.

Jones, M.R. 2007, 'Marrickvillia: Dero Dog', Famous Reporter, vol. 34, pp. 158-159.

Jones, M.R. 2008, 'Birth of the New Clinic', Cultural Studies Review, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 215-219.

Jones, M.R. 2008, 'Makeover Culture's Dark Side: Breasts, Death and Lolo Ferrari', Body & Society, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 89-104.
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Jones, M.R. 2008, 'Media-bodies and screen-births: Cosmetic surgery reality television', Continuum, vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 515-524.
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Jones, M.R. 2008, 'Getting Under the Skin: Body and Media Theory', Culture Machine, vol. 2008.

Conference Papers

Jones, M.R. 2007, '"Skintight: beauty, aesthetics, and makeover culture" Australasian College of Cosmetic Surgery Conference, Melbourne, April 2007', Australasian College of Cosmetic Surgery Conference, Melbourne, Australia, April 2007.

Jones, M.R. 2007, '"Makeover Culture, Ideological Complexes, and Awful Cosmetic Surgery" at Cultural Studies Now, University of East London, May 2007', Cultural Studies Now, University of East London, May 2007.
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Jones, M.R. 2007, '"Media-bodies: Cosmetic Surgery and the City", Ubiquitous Media: Asian Transformations, University of Tokyo, June 2007', Ubiquitous Media: Asian Transformations, University of Tokyo, July 2007.
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Jones, M.R. 2006, '"Handbags and Makeup: Containers for Globalised Femininity", Unaustralia, Annual Cultural Studies Association of Australasia Conference, University of Canberra, December 2006', Unaustralia, Annual Cultural Studies Association of Australasia Conference, University of Canberra, December 2006.

Jones, M.R. 2006, '"Cosmetic Surgery and the Pamela Anderson House", Feminism and Cosmetic Surgery Symposium, Centre for Cultural Research, University of Western Sydney, February 2006', Feminism and Cosmetic Surgery Symposium, Centre for Cultural Research, University of Western Sydney, February 2006.

Jones, M.R. 2006, '"Cosmetic Surgeons and Makeover Culture" The Joint Annual Conference of the Media, Communications and Cultural Studies Association and the Association of Media Practice Educators, Leeds Metropolitan University, January 2006', The Joint Annual Conference of the Media, Communications and Cultural Studies Association and the Association of Media Practice Educators, Leeds Metropolitan University, January 2006.
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Jones, M.R. 2005, '"Cosmetic Surgeons and their Un-fixed Entanglements" Culture Fix: Annual Cultural Studies Association of Australasia Conference, University of Technology, Sydney, November 2005', Culture Fix: Annual Cultural Studies Association of Australasia Conference, University of Technology, Sydney, November 2005.
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Jones, M.R. 2005, '"Makeover Culture and Cosmetic Surgery" Body Modification Conference Mark II, Macquarie University, April 2004', Body Modification Conference Mark II, Macquarie University, April 2005.
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Jones, M.R. 2003, '"Mutton Cut Up as Lamb: Mothers, Daughters, and Cosmetic Surgery" Bodies, Technologies, Habitats: Annual Cultural Studies Association of Australasia, Christchurch Arts Centre, New Zealand, December 2003', Bodies, Technologies, Habitats: Annual Cultural Studies Association of Australasia Conference, Christchurch Arts Centre, New Zealand, December 2003.

Jones, M.R. 2003, '"Cosmetic Surgery as Enchanted Slumber: Snow-White and Lolo Ferrari" Body Modifications: Changing Bodies, Changing Selves, Macquarie University, April 2003', Body Modifications: Changing Bodies, Changing Selves, Macquarie University, April 2003.
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Jones, M.R. 2002, '"Architecture of the Body: cosmetic surgery and postmodern space" postmodern de/constructions: 5th Interdisciplinary, International Conference at the University of Erlangen/Nurenberg, Erlangen University, Germany, November 2002', postmodern de/constructions: 5th Interdisciplinary, International Conference at the University of Erlangen/Nurenberg, Erlangen University, Germany, November 2002.
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Jones, M.R. 2006, 'Feminism and Cosmetic Surgery - An International Symposium (organiser), Centre for Cultural Research, Parramatta, University of Western Sydney, February 2006', Centre for Cultural Research, Parramatta, February 2006.

Original Creative Works

Jones, M.R. 2007, Malevolent Nurture: Notes on Yiorgos Zafiriou's "Malignant Mother".

Jones, M.R. 2008, Dawn of the Platinum Age, Boccalatte Pty Ltd, Australia.

Jones, M.R. 2008, All you hear is time stand still in travel, Manningham Gallery, Melbourne.

Other research activity

Jones, M.R. 2009, Hair, an Introduction, Boccalatte, Sydney.

Jones, M.R. 2009, The Magdalen, Boccalatte, Sydney.

Jones, M.R. 2009, Saint Wilgerfortis, Patron Saint of Women, Bearded Ladies and Abused Wives, Boccalatte, Sydney.

Jones, M.R. 2009, The Prodigy Annie Jones, Boccalatte, Sydney.

Broadcasts

Jones, M.R. 2007, Four Corners. Buyer of Beauty, Beware (television program), ABC television.
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Jones, M.R. 2005, Facial Attraction - live panel discussion and talkback, ABC Radio.