Ugliness : a cultural history /
"'Ugly as sin', 'ugly duckling', 'rear its ugly head'. The word 'ugly' is used freely, yet it is a loaded term: from the simply plain and unsightly to the repulsive and even offensive, definitions slide all over the place. Hovering around 'feared and...
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[London, England] :
Reaktion Books,
[2015]
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Table of Contents:
- Pretty ugly : a question of culture
- Ugly ones : uncomfortable anomalies
- Ugly groups : resisting classification
- Ugly senses : transgressing perceived borders
- Ugly us : a cultural quest?