TY - BOOK ID - 30674278 TI - Embodying the monster : encounters with the vulnerable self PY - 2002 SN - 0761970134 0761970142 0761965491 1280370475 9786610370474 1412933463 9781412933469 9780761970149 9781446220573 1446220575 9780761970132 9780761965497 9780761970149 PB - London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, DB - UniCat KW - Abnormalities, Human KW - Body image KW - Image, Body KW - Imagery (Psychology) KW - Mind and body KW - Person schemas KW - Personality KW - Self-perception KW - Human body KW - Abnormalities KW - Anomalies, Congenital KW - Birth defects KW - Congenital abnormalities KW - Congenital anomalies KW - Defects, Birth KW - Deformities KW - Developmental abnormalities KW - Human abnormalities KW - Malformations, Congenital KW - Morphology KW - Pathology KW - Teratogenesis KW - Teratology KW - Body image. KW - Abnormalities, Human. KW - Social Sciences KW - Psychology KW - Monsters KW - Symbolic aspects. KW - Symbolic aspects of monsters KW - Symbolism KW - Sociology - History. KW - Ethics. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:30674278 AB - 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. ER -