Ugliness

A Cultural History

Gretchen E. Henderson (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

240 Seiten

2018
Reaktion Books (Verlag)
9781780239316 (ISBN)

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In this riveting book Gretchen E. Henderson explores perceptions of ugliness through history, from ancient Roman feasts to medieval grotesque gargoyles, from Mary Shelley’s monster cobbled from corpses to the Nazi Exhibition of Degenerate Art. Covering literature, art, music and even Uglydolls, Henderson reveals how ugliness has long posed a challenge to aesthetics and taste. Following ugly bodies and dismantling ugly senses across periods and continents, Ugliness: A Cultural History draws on a wealth of fields to cross cultures and times, delineating the changing map of ugliness as it charges the public imagination.

Now available in paperback, this book is illustrated with a range of artefacts and offers a refreshing perspective that moves beyond the surface to ask what ‘ugly’ truly is, even as its meaning continues to shift.

Gretchen E. Henderson is Spence L. Wilson Professor in the Humanities at Rhodes College. She is a cultural historian, environmental artist, literary critic, novelist and librettist. Her previous books include Galerie de difformité (2011), On Marvellous Things Heard (2011) and The House Enters the Street (2012).

Erscheinungsdatum	12.07.2018
Zusatzinfo	67 illustrations
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
ISBN-13	9781780239316 / 9781780239316
Zustand	Neuware