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Offering readings of a range of texts, including work by Richard Selzer, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Gaston Leroux, Willa Cather, Natalie Kusz and Lucy Grealy, this book examines reactions to facially disfigured people on the basis of Emmanuel Levinas’ ethics of the face.



Table of Contents

Introduction; 1. Emmanuel Levinas; 2. Face Value; 3. Facial Disfigurement and Its Repairs; 4. Elephant People; 5. Narratives on Facial Disfigurement; Conclusion

Levinas and the Other in Narratives of Facial

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      Publisher: Taylor & Francis
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 5/20/2019 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781138086661, 978-1138086661
      ISBN10: 1138086665
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      Cultural studies Social and cultural anthropology Sociology

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Offering readings of a range of texts, including work by Richard Selzer, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Gaston Leroux, Willa Cather, Natalie Kusz and Lucy Grealy, this book examines reactions to facially disfigured people on the basis of Emmanuel Levinas’ ethics of the face.



      Table of Contents

      Introduction; 1. Emmanuel Levinas; 2. Face Value; 3. Facial Disfigurement and Its Repairs; 4. Elephant People; 5. Narratives on Facial Disfigurement; Conclusion

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