Health and Illness

Images of Difference

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Education & Teaching, Educational Theory, Multicultural Education
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Author: Sander L. Gilman ISBN: 9781780231594
Publisher: Reaktion Books Publication: June 1, 2013
Imprint: Reaktion Books Language: English
Author: Sander L. Gilman
ISBN: 9781780231594
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Publication: June 1, 2013
Imprint: Reaktion Books
Language: English

This timely study demonstrates how images of beauty and ugliness have constructed a visual history that records the artificial boundaries dividing "healthy" bodies from those that are "ill".

"Gilman tells an excellent tale."—Jewish Chronicle

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This timely study demonstrates how images of beauty and ugliness have constructed a visual history that records the artificial boundaries dividing "healthy" bodies from those that are "ill".

"Gilman tells an excellent tale."—Jewish Chronicle

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