The Disfigured Face in American Literature, Film, and Television
The face, being prominent and visible, is the foremost marker of a person's identity as well as their major tool of communication. Facial disfigurements, congenital or acquired, not only erase these significant capacities, but since ancient times, they have been conjured up as outrageous and terrifying, often connoting evil or criminality in their associations - a dark secret being suggested behind the mask, the disfigurement indicating punishment for sin. Complemented by an original poem by Kenneth Sherman and a plastic surgeon's perspective on facial disfigurement, this book investigates the exploitation of these and further stereotypical t…
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Weitere Autoren: Grabher, Gudrun M. (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-00-048815-9
- EAN: 9781000488159
- Produktnummer: 36967561
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
- Seitenangabe: 230 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Auflage: 1. Auflage
- Abbildungen: 4 schwarz-weiße Abbildungen, 3 schwarz-weiße Fotos, 1 schwarz-weiße Zeichnungen, 1 schwarz-weiße Tabellen
Über den Autor
Cornelia Klecker is Assistant Professor and Deputy Chair of the Department of American Studies at the University of Innsbruck, Austria. Gudrun M. Grabher was, until recently, Full Professor and Chair of the Department of American Studies at the University of Innsbruck, Austria. She is the author of Levinas and the Other in Narratives of Facial Disfigurement.
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