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  1. Monstrosity
    the human monster in visual culture
    Author: Wright, Alexa
    Published: 2013
    Publisher:  I.B. Tauris, London [u.a.]

    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. By exploring theories and examples of abnormality, freakishness, madness, otherness and identification, Alexa Wright demonstrates how monstrosity and the monster are social and cultural constructs.

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9780857733351; 9781780763361; 9780857722409; 9780857722409 (Sekundärausgabe)
    DDC Categories: 791
    Scope: IX, 214 S., Ill.
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  2. Monstrosity
    the human monster in visual culture
    Author: Wright, Alexa
    Published: [2013]; © 2013
    Publisher:  I.B. Tauris, London

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781780763361; 9780857722409
    Subjects: Gesellschaft; Social comparison; Abnormalities, Human; Monsters; Other (Philosophy); Identity (Philosophical concept); Soziale Wahrnehmung; Gestalt; Diskursanalyse; Kultur; Das Monströse; Identität
    Scope: 1 online resource (224 pages), illustrations
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  3. Monstrosity
    the human monster in visual culture
    Author: Wright, Alexa
    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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    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

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  4. Monstrosity
    the Human Monster in Visual Culture
    Author: Wright, Alexa
    Published: 2013
    Publisher:  I.B. Tauris, London

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    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden / Hochschulbibliothek Amberg
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    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden, Hochschulbibliothek, Standort Weiden
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    Language: English
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    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
  5. Monstrosity
    the human monster in visual culture
    Author: Wright, Alexa
    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
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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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    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)
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-208) and index

    Also available in print.
  6. Monstrosity
    the human monster in visual culture
    Author: Wright, Alexa
    Published: 2013
    Publisher:  Tauris, London [u.a.]

    This title 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... more

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    Sächsische Landesbibliothek - Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden
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    Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen
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    Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen
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    2016 A 4639
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    Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Bibliothek
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    8 ̊Vs 201/28
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    Universität Potsdam, Universitätsbibliothek
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    Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart, Bibliothek
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    This title 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

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 1780763360; 1780763352; 9781780763361; 9781780763354
    RVK Categories: AP 53900 ; EC 5410 ; LC 13000
    Subjects: Monsters in art; Social comparison; Identity (Philosophical concept); Monsters; Abnormalities, Human; Other (Philosophy); Humans; Medicine in Art; Social Identification
    Scope: IX, 214 S., Ill., 22 cm
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references (pages [193]-208) and index

    Monstrous strangers at the edge of the world: the monstrous racesBlurring the boundaries of nature and culture: wild people and feral children -- Bodies and the order of society: the Greek ideal, the Monster of Ravenna and physiognomy -- Monsters in proximity: freaks and the spectacle of abnormality -- A monstrous subject: representations of Joseph Merrick, the 'Elephant Man' -- Monstrous images of evil: picturing Jack the Ripper and Myra Hindley -- Modern monsters and the image of normality: Ted Bundy and Anders Breivik.