On the Politics of Ugliness Softcover Repri Edition Contributor(s): Rodrigues, Sara (Editor), Przybylo, Ela (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3030082873 ISBN-13: 9783030082871 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $123.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2019 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Gender Studies - Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory - Political Science |
Dewey: 305.3 |
Physical Information: 0.91" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.38 lbs) 433 pages |
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Publisher Description: Ugliness or unsightliness is much more than a quality or property of an individual's appearance--it has long functioned as a social category that demarcates access to social, cultural, and political spaces and capital. The editors of and authors in this collection harness intersectional and interdisciplinary approaches in order to examine ugliness as a political category that is deployed to uphold established notions of worth and entitlement. On the Politics of Ugliness identifies and challenges the harmful effects that labels and feelings of ugliness have on individuals and the socio-political order. It explores ugliness in relation to the intersectional processes of racialization, colonization and settler colonialism, gender-making, ableism, heteronormativity, and fatphobia. On the Politics of Ugliness asks that we fight against visual injustice and imagine new ways of seeing. |