Big and small : a cultural history of extraordinary bodies / Lynne Vallone.
Big and small : a cultural history of extraordinary bodies / Lynne Vallone.
Big and small : a cultural history of extraordinary bodies / Lynne Vallone.
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Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2017]
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G 2018/0421
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Language
English
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Physical content
xv, 339 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates ; 23 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction: people big and people small -- Introduction: the little man -- In the beginning was Tom Thumb -- The dwarf in high and popular culture -- Staging the dwarf -- Lilliputians in blackface -- The monstrous giant -- Gigantic mechanical Boy Scouts -- The obese girl -- Afterword: the human me...
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New Haven : Yale University Press, [2017]
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
[2017]
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Summary
A groundbreaking work that explores human size as a distinctive cultural marker in Western thought Author, scholar, and editor Lynne Vallone has an international reputation in the field of child studies. In this analytical tour-de-force, she explores bodily size difference-particularly unusual bodies, big and small-as an overlooked yet crucial mark...
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Big and small : a cultural history of extraordinary bodies / Lynne Vallone.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2018/0421
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74VKVGAXkvKb
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ISBN
0300228864 hardcover alkaline paper
9780300228861 hardcover alkaline paper
DDC
700.4561
MMS ID
991024154648702626
