Embodying the Monster Encounters with the Vulnerable Self

Name: Embodying the Monster Encounters with the Vulnerable Self
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ISBN: 9780761970149

ISBN-10: 0761970142

ISBN-13: 9780761970149

Edition: 2002

Authors: Margrit Shildrick

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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.

Book details

List price: $65.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Limited
Publication date: 3/28/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 154
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English

Margrit Shildrick is Senior Research Visiting Fellow at WERRC, University College Dublin.



Introduction


Monsters, Marvels and Meanings


Monstering the (M)Other


The Self's Clean and Proper Body


Contagious Encounters and the Ethics of Risk


Levinas and Vulnerable Becoming


The Relational Economy of Touch


Welcoming the Monstrous Arrivant