Beauty Is the Beast : : Appearance-Impaired Children in America / / Ann Hill Beuf.
Examines the stigmatism of children who deviate from acceptable American standards for physical appearance. Beuf analyzes both the effects of this stigmatization on children and the strategies used to cope with it.
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Package Archive 1898-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2016] ©1990 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Edition: | Reprint 2016 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Anniversary Collection
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (152 p.) :; 7 illus. |
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| Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Perspectives: Stigmatization, Objectification, and Self -- Chapter 3. The Cultural Backdrop -- Chapter 4. "Funny Looking Kids5': Social Stigmatization and Objectdfication of Appearance- Impaired Children -- Chapter 5. Coping with Impaired Appearance -- Chapter 6. Epilogue: Doing Something -- Appendix: Caring Organizations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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| Summary: | Examines the stigmatism of children who deviate from acceptable American standards for physical appearance. Beuf analyzes both the effects of this stigmatization on children and the strategies used to cope with it. |
| Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
| ISBN: | 9781512800647 9783110442526 |
| DOI: | 10.9783/9781512800647 |
| Access: | restricted access |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Ann Hill Beuf. |