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  1. Monstrosity
    the human monster in visual culture
    Published: 2019
    Publisher:  I.B. Tauris, London, England ; Bloomsbury Publishing, [London, England]

    From the 'Monster of Ravenna' to the 'Elephant Man', Myra Hindley and Ted Bundy, the visualisation of 'real', human monsters has always played a part in how society sees itself. But what is the function of a monster? Why do we need to embody and... more

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    From the 'Monster of Ravenna' to the 'Elephant Man', Myra Hindley and Ted Bundy, the visualisation of 'real', human monsters has always played a part in how society sees itself. But what is the function of a monster? Why do we need to embody and represent what is monstrous? This book investigates the appearance of the human monster in Western culture, both historically and in our contemporary society. It argues that images of real (rather than fictional) human monsters help us both to identify and to interrogate what constitutes normality; we construct what is acceptable in humanity by depicting what is not quite acceptable Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Monstrous strangers at the edge of the world -- 2. Blurring the boundaries of nature and culture -- 3. Bodies and the order of society -- 4. Monsters in proximity -- 5. A monstrous subject -- 6. Monstrous images of evil -- 7. Modern monsters and the image of normality -- Afterword.

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 0857722409; 0857733354; 1299730485; 1780763352; 1780763360; 9780755603503; 9781299730489; 9780857733351; 9781780763354; 9781780763361; 9780857722409
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    Edition: First edition
    Subjects: Monsters in art; Social comparison; Identity (Philosophical concept); Monsters; Abnormalities, Human; Other (Philosophy); Art styles not defined by date
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (224 pages)
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    Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-208) and index

    Also available in print.

  2. Monstrosity
    the Human Monster in Visual Culture
    Published: 2013
    Publisher:  I.B. Tauris, London

    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden / Hochschulbibliothek Amberg
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    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden, Hochschulbibliothek, Standort Weiden
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 0857722409; 1299730485; 1780763352; 1780763360; 9780857722409; 9781299730489; 9781780763354; 9781780763361
    Subjects: Human body in literature; Literature, Medieval / History and criticism; Monsters in literature; Women in literature; ART / Subjects & Themes / General; Gesellschaft; Social comparison; Abnormalities, Human; Monsters; Other (Philosophy); Identity (Philosophical concept); Diskursanalyse; Das Monströse; Kultur; Identität; Soziale Wahrnehmung; Gestalt
    Scope: 1 online resource (224 pages)
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    Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Monstrous Strangers at the Edge of the World; 2. Blurring the Boundaries of Nature and Culture; 3. Bodies and the Order of Society; 4. Monsters in Proximity; 5. A Monstrous Subject; 6. Monstrous Images of Evil; 7. Modern Monsters and the Image of Normality; Afterword; Notes; Bibliography and Further Reading; Index

    From the 'Monster of Ravenna' to the 'Elephant Man', Myra Hindley and Ted Bundy, the visualisation of 'real', human monsters has always played a part in how society sees itself. But what is the function of a monster? Why do we need to embody and represent what is monstrous? This book investigates the appearance of the human monster in Western culture, both historically and in our contemporary society. It argues that images of real (rather than fictional) human monsters help us both to identify and to interrogate what constitutes normality; we construct what is acceptable in humanity by depicti

  3. Monstrosity
    the human monster in visual culture
    Published: 2019
    Publisher:  I.B. Tauris, London, England ; Bloomsbury Publishing, [London, England]

    From the 'Monster of Ravenna' to the 'Elephant Man', Myra Hindley and Ted Bundy, the visualisation of 'real', human monsters has always played a part in how society sees itself. But what is the function of a monster? Why do we need to embody and... more

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    Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt / Zentrale
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    Universität Potsdam, Universitätsbibliothek
    No inter-library loan

     

    From the 'Monster of Ravenna' to the 'Elephant Man', Myra Hindley and Ted Bundy, the visualisation of 'real', human monsters has always played a part in how society sees itself. But what is the function of a monster? Why do we need to embody and represent what is monstrous? This book investigates the appearance of the human monster in Western culture, both historically and in our contemporary society. It argues that images of real (rather than fictional) human monsters help us both to identify and to interrogate what constitutes normality; we construct what is acceptable in humanity by depicting what is not quite acceptable Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Monstrous strangers at the edge of the world -- 2. Blurring the boundaries of nature and culture -- 3. Bodies and the order of society -- 4. Monsters in proximity -- 5. A monstrous subject -- 6. Monstrous images of evil -- 7. Modern monsters and the image of normality -- Afterword.

     

    Export to reference management software   RIS file
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 0857722409; 0857733354; 1299730485; 1780763352; 1780763360; 9780755603503; 9781299730489; 9780857733351; 9781780763354; 9781780763361; 9780857722409
    Other identifier:
    Edition: First edition
    Subjects: Monsters in art; Social comparison; Identity (Philosophical concept); Monsters; Abnormalities, Human; Other (Philosophy); Art styles not defined by date
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (224 pages)
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-208) and index

    Also available in print.