Bernadette Wegenstein
Bernadette Wegenstein is an Austrian mediat theorist who is a research professor and director of the Center for Advanced Media Studies at Johns Hopkins University. She has written books on media theory including Getting Under the Skin: Body and Media Theory, ''The Cosmetic Gaze: Body Modification and the Construction of Beauty.''
Education
She received a doctorate from University of Vienna in 1998 with a thesis "Die Darstellung von Aids in den Medien : semio-linguistische Analyse und Interpretation" Copies of the thesis are held in WorldCat libraries. she subsequently became an assistant professor at the University of Buffalo.Career
Wegenstein is a Research Professor at the Johns Hopkins University, where she also directs the Center for Advanced Media Studies.She produced and directed her first documentary Made Over in America about a television makeover show The Swan (TV series) in 2007. Her second film, See You Soon Again, which she co-directed with Austrian director and producer Lukas Stepanik is a portrait of Viennese Holocaust survivor Leo Bretholz in his efforts to pass on his story of survival to the Baltimore youth. The Good Breast is a feature documentary that interweaves the intimate stories of three breast cancer patients with the history and mythology of the breast. The Conductor is a documentary about Marin Alsop, the first woman appointed to lead a major American orchestra. Devoti Tutti is a neo-realist exploration of Saint Agatha of Sicily who was martyrized by her breast sacrifice in 251 AD.
In her book The Cosmetic Gaze she analyzes the body as a medium of the gaze. This medium is best exemplified in Reality TV makeover shows, such as The Swan where contestants are made over and revealed with drastic changes.
Books
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