Ugliness - A Cultural HistoryPaperback
Ugliness - A Cultural HistoryPaperback Ugly as sin, the ugly duckling--or maybe you fell out of the ugly tree? What really lurks behind this most favored insult? Let's face it, we've all used the…
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Ugliness - A Cultural HistoryPaperback
Ugly as sin, the ugly duckling--or maybe you fell out of the ugly tree? What really lurks behind this most favored insult? Let's face it, we've all used the word "ugly" to describe someone we've seen--hopefully just in our private thoughts--but have we ever considered how slippery the term can be, indicating anything from the slightly unsightly to the downright revolting?
Henderson casts an unfazed gaze at ugliness, tracing its long-standing grasp on our cultural imagination and highlighting all the peculiar ways it has attracted us to its repulsion.Henderson explores the ways we have perceived ugliness throughout history, from ancient Roman feasts to medieval grotesque gargoyles, from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein to the Nazi Exhibition of Degenerate Art. In this actually beautiful book, Gretchen E. Covering literature, art, music, and even the cutest possible incarnation of
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