Embodying the monster : encounters with the vulnerable self /
Margrit Shildrick.
Bok Engelsk 2002 Margrit. Shildrick
| Utgitt | London : : SAGE, , c2002.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (viii, 153 p.) : : ill.
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 - Monsters, Marvels and Meanings; Chapter 2 - Monstering the (M)other; Chapter 3 - The Self's Clean and Proper Body; Chapter 4 - Contagious Encounters and the Ethics of Risk; Chapter 5 - Levinas and Vulnerable Becoming; Chapter 6 - The Relational Economy of Touch; Chapter 7 - Welcoming the Monstrous ""Arrivant""; Notes; Bibliography; Index. - Margrit Shildrick's exploration of the monstrous reveals how humans register concepts of bodily normality and perfection. The author calls upon society to rethink the monstrous, not as an abnormal category, but as a condition of attractiveness.. - Specialized.
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| ISBN | 0-7619-7014-2. - 1-280-37047-5. - 1-4129-3346-3. - 9786610370474
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