Embodying the monster: encounters with the vulnerable self

2002-12-01otherChoice Reviews Online465 citationsclosed

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Disability Rights and Representation Posthumanist Ethics and Activism Bioethics and Human Rights Issues

Abstract

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

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