On the Politics of Ugliness

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Rodrigues, Sara (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Przybylo, Ela (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Culture-Study and teaching.; Queer theory.; Culture.; Gender.; Identity politics.; Cultural Theory.; Queer Theory.; Culture and Gender.; Politics and Gender.

Ugliness or unsightliness is much more than a quality or property of an individual's appearance-it has long functioned as a social category that demarcates access to social, cultural, and political spaces and capital. The editors of and authors in this collection harness intersectional and inte...