Contemporary young adult dystopian narratives reveal how bioengineering is framed not as an abstract field of technological progress, but as a mechanism of discipline and control associated with the modification of the body, the erasure of variation, and the isolation from nature. This book highlights how the promise for surgical enhancement through technology transforms young people into regulated and disciplined bodies in Uglies series by Scott Westerfeld, focusing on Uglies, Pretties and Spec ...