Embodying the monster : encounters with the vulnerable self /: encounters with the vulnerable self. (2002)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Margrit Shildrick.
• Other Names: Shildrick, Margrit
• Contents: Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 -- Monsters, Marvels and Meanings; Chapter 2 -- Monstering the (M)other; Chapter 3 -- The Self's Clean and Proper Body; Chapter 4 -- Contagious Encounters and the Ethics of Risk; Chapter 5 -- Levinas and Vulnerable Becoming; Chapter 6 -- The Relational Economy of Touch; Chapter 7 -- Welcoming the Monstrous "Arrivant"; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
• Publisher Details: London Thousand Oaks, Calif : SAGE Publications
• Publication Date: 2002
• Extent: 1 online resource (viii, 153 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 306.4; Body image; Abnormalities, Human; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture; Abnormalities, Human; Body image; Körperbild; Ungeheuer; Körperbild; Selbst -- Andersheit -- Philosophie; Körperbild -- Andersheit -- Selbst -- Philosophie; Electronic book; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781412933469; 1412933463; 0761970142; 9780761970149; 9781446220573; 1446220575
• Related ISBNs: 0761970134; 0761965491; 9780761970132; 9780761965497; 0761970142; 9780761970149
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 142-148) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.