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| the ugliest woman in history: American Sideshow Marc Hartzman, 2006-09-21 A fascinating look into the history of the American sideshow and its performers. Learn what's real, what's fake, and what's just downright bizarre. You've probably heard of Tom Thumb. The Elephant Man. Perhaps even Chang and Eng, the original Siamese twins. But what about Eli Bowen, the legless acrobat? Or Prince Randian, the human torso? These were just a few of the many stars that shone during the heyday of the American sideshow, from 1840 to 1950. American Sideshow chronicles the lives of truly amazing performers, examining these brave and extraordinary curiosities not just as sideshow performers but as people, delving into the lives they led and the ways they were able to triumph over and even benefit from their abnormalities. American Sideshow discusses the rise and fall of the original sideshows and their subsequent replacement by today's self-made freaks. With the progress of modern medicine, technological advancements, and the wonderful world of body modification, abnormalities are being overcome, treated and even prevented: Siamese twins can now be separated, and in addition to this, tongues can be forked, horns surgically implanted, and earlobes removed. There are also, of course, modern-day giants, fire eaters, sword swallowers, glass eaters, human blockheads, and oh, so much more. These fascinating personalities are celebrated through intimate biographies paired with stunning photographs. Approximately two hundred performers from the past one hundred and sixty years are featured, giving readers a comprehensive and sometimes astonishing look into the history of the American sideshow |
| the ugliest woman in history: Ugliness Gretchen E. Henderson, 2015-12-15 'Ugly as sin', 'ugly duckling', 'rear its ugly head'. The word 'ugly' is used freely, yet it is a loaded term: from the simply plain and unsightly to the repulsive and even offensive, definitions slide all over the place. Hovering around 'feared and dreaded', ugliness both repels and fascinates. But the concept of ugliness has a lineage that has long haunted our cultural imagination. Gretchen E. Henderson explores perceptions of ugliness through history, from ancient Roman feasts to medieval grotesque gargoyles, from Mary Shelley's monster cobbled from corpses to the Nazi Exhibition of Degenerate Art. Covering literature, art, music and even Ugly dolls, Henderson reveals how ugliness has long posed a challenge to aesthetics and taste. Henderson digs into the muck of ugliness, moving beyond the traditional philosophic argument or mere opposition to beauty, and emerges with more than a selection of fascinating tidbits. Following ugly bodies and dismantling ugly senses across periods and continents, [this book] draws on a wealth of fields to cross cultures and times, delineating the changing map of ugliness as it charges the public imagination. Illustrated with a range of artefacts, this book offers a refreshing perspective that moves beyond the surface to ask what 'ugly' truly is, even as its meaning continues to shift-- |
| the ugliest woman in history: Be Beautiful, be You Lizzie Velasquez, 2012 For a limited time only, purchase Be Beautiful, Be You at our special discount price Now available in eBook format on Amazon or iTunes. After spending years wanting to look like everyone else, I realized I needed to love and accept myself just as I am. When I stopped listening to other people and started making a life for myself, I discovered my purpose in life, my passion. Is someone or something hurting you? Are you feeling alone or lonely? Afraid? Misunderstood? Do you wish even just one person would listen to you? Do you have a decision to make and need help choosing a path? I want to give you the tools to figure out what to do about each of those problems. --Lizzie Velasquez, Be Beautiful, Be You When an Internet video calling her The World's Ugliest Woman went viral, Lizzie Velasquez set out to discover what truly makes us beautiful. Now she shares what she learned on that faith-filled journey. In Be Beautiful, Be You, Lizzie uses anecdotes and exercises to teach readers to recognize their own unique gifts and blessings, talk to God in their own words, deal with disappointment, make and maintain healthy friendships, and set realistic goals. In a world filled with airbrushed celebrity photos and plastic surgery, Lizzie Velasquez is a refreshing force of nature whose story will inspire anyone who has ever felt singled out, misunderstood, or afraid--and who hasn't? Lizzie Velasquez is a communications major at Texas State University in San Marcos. She is one of only three known people in the world with a medical syndrome that doesn't allow her to gain weight or create muscle. Lizzie has appeared as a motivational speaker at more than 200 workshops. Her story has been featured in both national and international media, including The Today Show, Inside Edition, Australia's Sunday Night, Germany's Explosiv, and Dr. Drew. This is her second book. Paperback View sample pages. Click here to see Lizzie Newz. Lizzie on Entertainment Tonight Click here to see Lizzie in Liguorian magazine. Listen to Lizzie's interview on the Bobby Bones Show. To see photos from Lizzie's world, visit our Pinterest board. Meet Lizzie |
| the ugliest woman in history: Ugly Robert Hoge, 2016-09-06 A funny, moving, and true story of an ordinary boy with an extraordinary face that's perfect for fans of Wonder—now available in the U.S. When Robert Hoge was born, he had a tumor the size of a tennis ball in the middle of his face and short, twisted legs. Surgeons removed the tumor and made him a new nose from one of his toes. Amazingly, he survived—with a face that would never be the same. Strangers stared at him. Kids called him names, and adults could be cruel, too. Everybody seemed to agree that he was “ugly.” But Robert refused to let his face define him. He played pranks, got into trouble, had adventures with his big family, and finally found a sport that was perfect for him to play. And Robert came face to face with the biggest decision of his life, he followed his heart. This poignant memoir about overcoming bullying and thriving with disabilities shows that what makes us “ugly” also makes us who we are. It features a reflective foil cover and black-and-white illustrations throughout. |
| the ugliest woman in history: Ugly Agatha Will Alexander, 2016-03-18 When looks could break a mirror... When little Agatha looks into a mirror, she sees only one thing: The ugliest girl in the world. Because of her repulsive appearance, Agatha avoids people unless she's completely covered with a droopy hood, a thick scarf, and big boots. But one day Agatha accidently rushes out of her house without her usual disguise and her neighbors see her face for the first time. They are shocked!! What will Agatha do? Readers take the harrowing journey with Agatha as her neighbors set eyes on her for the first time. Her life is changed forever!! |
| the ugliest woman in history: The Ugliest Word Annie Margis, 2021-05-21 There really is a monster in the hallway. be careful. Your bedroom door mill open, throwing light on your face. You’ll feign sleep. The door mill close behind your father, and darkness mill descend. This novel peeks through the fence at what only looks like an ordinary house, where a little girl navigates a childhood shrouded in taboo. Based on true stories and real people. The Ugliest Word is a quick read that mill not only shock you, it mill alter your world view. |
| the ugliest woman in history: The Ugly Duckling Hans Christian Andersen, 1927 An ugly duckling spends an unhappy year ostracized by the other animals before he grows into a beautiful swan. |
| the ugliest woman in history: The Ugly Woman Patrizia Bettella, 2005-01-01 Taking a philological and feminist approach, and drawing on the Bakhtinian concept of the grotesque body and on the poetics of transgression, The Ugly Woman is a unique look at the essential counterdiscourse of the celebrated Italian poetic canon and a valuable contribution to the study of women in literature. |
| the ugliest woman in history: The Women in the Castle Jessica Shattuck, 2017-03-28 INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • FEATURING AN EXCLUSIVE NEW CHAPTER GoodReads Choice Awards Semifinalist Moving . . . a plot that surprises and devastates.—New York Times Book Review A masterful epic.—People magazine Mesmerizing . . . The Women in the Castle stands tall among the literature that reveals new truths about one of history’s most tragic eras.—USA Today Three women, haunted by the past and the secrets they hold Set at the end of World War II, in a crumbling Bavarian castle that once played host to all of German high society, a powerful and propulsive story of three widows whose lives and fates become intertwined—an affecting, shocking, and ultimately redemptive novel from the author of the New York Times Notable Book The Hazards of Good Breeding. Amid the ashes of Nazi Germany’s defeat, Marianne von Lingenfels returns to the once-grand castle of her husband’s ancestors, an imposing stone fortress now fallen into ruin following years of war. The widow of a resister murdered in the failed July 20, 1944, plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler, Marianne plans to uphold the promise she made to her husband’s brave conspirators: to find and protect their wives, her fellow resistance widows. First Marianne rescues six-year-old Martin, the son of her dearest childhood friend, from a Nazi reeducation home. Together, they make their way across the smoldering wreckage of their homeland to Berlin, where Martin’s mother, the beautiful and naive Benita, has fallen into the hands of occupying Red Army soldiers. Then she locates Ania, another resister’s wife, and her two boys, now refugees languishing in one of the many camps that house the millions displaced by the war. As Marianne assembles this makeshift family from the ruins of her husband’s resistance movement, she is certain their shared pain and circumstances will hold them together. But she quickly discovers that the black-and-white, highly principled world of her privileged past has become infinitely more complicated, filled with secrets and dark passions that threaten to tear them apart. Eventually, all three women must come to terms with the choices that have defined their lives before, during, and after the war—each with their own unique share of challenges. Written with the devastating emotional power of The Nightingale, Sarah’s Key, and The Light Between Oceans, Jessica Shattuck’s evocative and utterly enthralling novel offers a fresh perspective on one of the most tumultuous periods in history. Combining piercing social insight and vivid historical atmosphere, The Women in the Castle is a dramatic yet nuanced portrait of war and its repercussions that explores what it means to survive, love, and, ultimately, to forgive in the wake of unimaginable hardship. |
| the ugliest woman in history: Living History Hillary Rodham Clinton, 2004-04-19 Hillary Rodham Clinton tells her life story, describing her dedication to social causes, her relationship with her husband, and her accomplishments and difficult periods as First Lady. |
| the ugliest woman in history: The Patron Saint of Ugly Marie Manilla, 2014-06-17 Catholic lore, American tales, and Sicilian superstition blend in this “clever, funny, heartbreaking, and heartwarming” novel (Publishers Weekly). Born with unruly red hair, a sharp tongue, and wine-colored marks all over her body—marks that oddly mimick a map of the world and make her subject to endless ridicule—Garnet Ferrari would hardly consider herself blessed. So when an emissary from the Vatican shows up at her door, convinced that her seeming ability to cure the skin ailments of others qualifies her for sainthood, she’s not quite convinced—or pleased. Garnet sets off on a quest to better understand who she is and where she and her unusual gifts came from. Tracing a twisted path that leads from Sicily to West Virginia, poverty to riches, romance to loss, reality to mythology, Garnet uncovers a truth far more powerful than any dermatological miracle: that the things of which we are most ashamed often become our greatest strengths. “A cleareyed, touching fable of a girl learning the hard truths about herself and others.” —Kirkus Reviews |
| the ugliest woman in history: Ugliness Gretchen E. Henderson, 2015-11-15 Ugly as sin, the ugly duckling—or maybe you fell out of the ugly tree? Let’s face it, we’ve all used the word “ugly” to describe someone we’ve seen—hopefully just in our private thoughts—but have we ever considered how slippery the term can be, indicating anything from the slightly unsightly to the downright revolting? What really lurks behind this most favored insult? In this actually beautiful book, Gretchen E. Henderson casts an unfazed gaze at ugliness, tracing its long-standing grasp on our cultural imagination and highlighting all the peculiar ways it has attracted us to its repulsion. Henderson explores the ways we have perceived ugliness throughout history, from ancient Roman feasts to medieval grotesque gargoyles, from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein to the Nazi Exhibition of Degenerate Art. Covering literature, art, music, and even the cutest possible incarnation of the term—Uglydolls—she reveals how ugliness has long posed a challenge to aesthetics and taste. She moves beyond the traditional philosophic argument that simply places ugliness in opposition to beauty in order to dismantle just what we mean when we say “ugly.” Following ugly things wherever they have trod, she traverses continents and centuries to delineate the changing map of ugliness and the profound effects it has had on the public imagination, littering her path with one fascinating tidbit after another. Lovingly illustrated with the foulest images from art, history, and culture, Ugliness offers an oddly refreshing perspective, going past the surface to ask what “ugly” truly is, even as its meaning continues to shift. |
| the ugliest woman in history: The Eye of the Beholder: Julia Pastrana's Long Journey Home Laura Anderson, 2017 Born in Sinaloa, Mexico, Julia Pastrana (1834-1860) was a gifted singer, musician and dancer who could converse in English, Spanish and French. She also suffered from one of the most extreme cases of hypertrichosis terminalis on record and severe gingival hyperplasia: her face and body were covered with thick hair and her jaw was disproportionately large. Pastrana toured North America and Europe billed as The Ugliest Woman in the World. After her death, her body was exhibited throughout Europe and the US. Until her recent repatriation to Sinaloa, her body was kept at the University of Oslo, Norway. Pastrana's story raises issues around beauty, ownership, science and racism, human rights, colonialism, sexism and indigenous rights. Artist Laura Anderson Barbata has brought together scholars and experts from various fields to explore these and other topics as they relate to Pastrana's extraordinary story. |
| the ugliest woman in history: Helen of Troy Bettany Hughes, 2009-06-03 For 3,000 years, the woman known as Helen of Troy has been both the ideal symbol of beauty and a reminder of the terrible power beauty can wield.In her search for the identity behind this mythic figure, acclaimed historian Bettany Hughes uses Homer’s account of Helen’s life to frame her own investigation. Tracing the cultural impact that Helen has had on both the ancient world and Western civilization, Hughes explores Helen’s role and representations in literature and in art throughout the ages. This is a masterly work of historical inquiry about one of the world’s most famous women. |
| the ugliest woman in history: Orphans of the Carnival Carol Birch, 2017-10-03 In this stunning work of historical fiction, the Booker Prize–nominated author of Jamrach’s Menagerie reimagines the incredible true story of Julia Pastrana, a woman branded a freak at birth. Although she was pronounced by the most eminent physician of the day to be “a true hybrid wherein the nature of woman presides over that of the brute,” Julia was fluent in English, French, and Spanish, and an accomplished musician with an exquisite singing voice. Alternately vilified and celebrated, all she wanted was for people to see beyond her hairy visage—and perhaps, the chance for love. When Julia meets a charming showman who catapults her onto the global stage, she believes that she has found true happiness at last. But the question of whether her lover truly cares for her—or if his management is just a new form of exploitation—lingers heavily. A deeply moving novel, in Orphans of the Carnival Carol Birch has crafted a haunting examination of how we define ourselves and, ultimately, of what it means to be human. |
| the ugliest woman in history: The Welsh Girl Peter Ho Davies, 2013-08-16 A WWII-era Welsh barmaid begins a secret relationship with a German POW in this “beautiful” novel by the author of A Lie Someone Told You About Yourself (Ann Patchett). Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize Set in the stunning landscape of North Wales just after D-Day, this critically acclaimed debut novel traces the intersection of disparate lives in wartime. When a prisoner-of-war camp is established near her village, seventeen-year-old barmaid Esther Evans finds herself strangely drawn to the camp and its forlorn captives. She is exploring the camp boundary when an astonishing thing occurs: A young German corporal calls out to her from behind the fence. From that moment on, the two begin an unlikely—and perilous—romance. Meanwhile, a German-Jewish interrogator travels to Wales to investigate Britain’s most notorious Nazi prisoner, Rudolf Hess. In this richly drawn and thought-provoking “tour de force,” all will come to question the meaning of love, family, loyalty, and national identity (The New Yorker). “If you loved The English Patient, there’s probably a place in your heart for The Welsh Girl.” —USA Today “Davies’s characters are marvelously nuanced.” —Los Angeles Times “Beautifully conjures a place and its people, in an extraordinary time . . . A rare gem.” —Claire Messud, author of The Woman Upstairs “This first novel by Davies, author of two highly praised short story collections, has been anticipated—and, with its wonderfully drawn characters, it has been worth the wait.” —Booklist, starred review |
| the ugliest woman in history: The Illustrated London News , 1927 |
| the ugliest woman in history: Nietzsche's Zarathustra C. G. Jung, 1988-09-21 As a young man growing up near Basel, Jung was fascinated and disturbed by tales of Nietzsche's brilliance, eccentricity, and eventual decline into permanent psychosis. These volumes, the transcript of a previously unpublished private seminar, reveal the fruits of his initial curiosity: Nietzsche's works, which he read as a student at the University of Basel, had moved him profoundly and had a lifelong influence on his thought. During the sessions the mature Jung spoke informally to members of his inner circle about a thinker whose works had not only overwhelmed him with the depth of their understanding of human nature but also provided the philosophical sources of many of his own psychological and metapsychological ideas. Above all, he demonstrated how the remarkable book Thus Spake Zarathustra illustrates both Nietzsche's genius and his neurotic and prepsychotic tendencies. Since there was at that time no thought of the seminar notes being published, Jung felt free to joke, to lash out at people and events that irritated or angered him, and to comment unreservedly on political, economic, and other public concerns of the time. This seminar and others, including the one recorded in Dream Analysis, were given in English in Zurich during the 1920s and 1930s. |
| the ugliest woman in history: The Annotated Alice: The Definitive Edition (The Annotated Books) Lewis Carroll, 1999-11-17 The culmination of a lifetime of scholarship, The Annotated Alice is a landmark event in the rich history of Lewis Carroll and cause to celebrate the remarkable career of Martin Gardner. For over half a century, Martin Gardner has established himself as one of the world's leading authorities on Lewis Carroll. His Annotated Alice, first published in 1959, has over half a million copies in print around the world and is beloved by both families and scholars—for it was Gardner who first decoded many of the mathematical riddles and wordplay that lay ingeniously embedded in Carroll's two classic stories, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. Forty years after this groundbreaking publication, Norton is proud to publish the Definitive Edition of The Annotated Alice, a work that combines the notes of Gardner's 1959 edition with his 1990 volume, More Annotated Alice, as well as additional discoveries drawn from Gardner's encyclopedic knowledge of the texts. Illustrated with John Tenniel's classic, beloved art—along with many recently discovered Tenniel pencil sketches—The Annotated Alice will be Gardner's most beautiful and enduring tribute to Carroll's masterpieces yet. |
| the ugliest woman in history: Rethinking British Romantic History, 1770-1845 Porscha Fermanis, John Regan, 2014 Rethinking British Romantic History, 1770-1845 brings together a team of leading scholars to examine the interactions between history and literature in the Romantic period, focusing on practical as well as theoretical interconnections between the two genres and disciplines. |
| the ugliest woman in history: The Madman's Gallery Edward Brooke-Hitching, 2023-03-08 Brought to light from the depths of libraries, museums, dealers, and galleries around the world, these forgotten artistic treasures include portraits of oddballs such as the British explorer with a penchant for riding crocodiles, and the Italian monk who levitated so often he's recognized as the patron saint of airplane passengers. Discover impossible medieval land yachts, floating churches, and eagle-powered airships. Encounter dog-headed holy men, armies of German giants, 18th-century stuntmen, human chessboards, screaming ghost heads, and more marvels of the human imagination. A captivating odditorium of obscure and engaging characters and works, each expertly brought to life by historian and curator of the strange Edward Brooke-Hitching, here is a richly illustrated and entertaining gallery for lovers of outré art and history. |
| the ugliest woman in history: The History of Mental Symptoms G. E. Berrios, 1996-04-11 An important and unique survey of the historical background to the descriptive categories of psychopathology. |
| the ugliest woman in history: Eleni Nicholas Gage, 2010-12-15 A devoted and brilliant achievement. The New York Review of Books In 1948, as civil war ravaged Greece, children were abducted and sent to communist camps behind the Iron Curtain. Eleni Gatzoyiannis, 41, defied the traditions of her small village and the terror of the communist insurgents to arrange for the escape of her three daughters and her son, Nicola. For that act, she was imprisoned, tortured, and executed in cold blood. Nicholas Gage joined his father in Massachusetts at the age of nine and grew up to be a top investigative reporter for the New York Times. And finally he returned to Greece to uncover the story he cared about most -- the story of his mother's heroic life and tragic death. |
| the ugliest woman in history: The Texas Outlook , 1928 |
| the ugliest woman in history: A History of American Poetry Richard Gray, 2015-03-30 A History of American Poetry presents a comprehensive exploration of the development of American poetic traditions from their pre-Columbian origins to the present day. Offers a detailed and accessible account of the entire range of American poetry Situates the story of American poetry within crucial social and historical contexts, and places individual poets and poems in the relevant intertextual contexts Explores and interprets American poetry in terms of the international positioning and multicultural character of the United States Provides readers with a means to understand the individual works and personalities that helped to shape one of the most significant bodies of literature of the past few centuries |
| the ugliest woman in history: Uglies Scott Westerfeld, 2011-05-03 A fresh repackaging of the bestselling Uglies boks...the series that started the whole dystopian trend! |
| the ugliest woman in history: Lizzie Beautiful Lizzie Velasquez, Rita Velásquez, Cynthia Lee, 2010 Lizzie Velasquez was born with a rare condition that does not allow her to gain weight. She not only looks unnaturally thin but her features seem distorted. Also, due to her condition, she has lost sight in one of her eyes. Despite these handicaps, Lizzie is pursuing a college education and has become a motivational speaker, telling her inspiring story to others. |
| the ugliest woman in history: Deviance in Neo-Victorian Culture Saverio Tomaiuolo, 2018-10-03 This book argues that ‘deviance’ represents a central issue in neo-Victorian culture, and that the very concept of neo-Victorianism is based upon the idea of ‘diverging’ from accepted notions regarding the nineteenth-century frame of mind. However, the study of the ways in which the Victorian age has been revised by contemporary authors does not only entail analogies with the present but proves – by introducing what is perhaps a more pertinent description of the nineteenth century – that it was much more ‘deviant’ than it is usually depicted and perceived. Deviance in Neo-Victorian Culture: Canon, Transgression, Innovation explores a wide variety of textual forms, from novels to TV series, from movies and graphic novels to visual art. The scholarly and educational purpose of this study is to stimulate readers to approach neo-Victorianism as a complex cultural phenomenon. |
| the ugliest woman in history: All the Ugly and Wonderful Things Bryn Greenwood, 2016-08-09 Struggling to raise her little brother Donal, eight-year-old Wavy is the only responsible adult around. Obsessed with the constellations, she finds peace in the starry night sky above the fields behind her house, until one night her star-gazing causes an accident. After witnessing his motorcycle wreck, she forms an unusual friendship with one of her father's thugs, Kellen, a tattooed ex-con with a heart of gold. By the time Wavy is a teenager, her relationship with Kellen is the only tender thing in a brutal world of addicts and debauchery-- |
| the ugliest woman in history: Wilde's Women Eleanor Fitzsimons, 2017-09-26 “A lively debut biography of the flamboyant Irish writer . . . focusing on the women who loved and supported him” (Kirkus Reviews). In this essential work, Eleanor Fitzsimons reframes Oscar Wilde’s story and his legacy through the women in his life, including such scintillating figures as Florence Balcombe; actress Lillie Langtry; and his tragic and witty niece, Dolly, who, like Wilde, loved fast cars, cocaine, and foreign women. Fresh, revealing, and entertaining, full of fascinating detail and anecdotes, Wilde’s Women relates the untold story of how a beloved writer and libertine played a vitally sympathetic role on behalf of many women, and how they supported him in the midst of a Victorian society in the process of changing forever. “Fitzsimons reminds us of the many writers, actresses, political activists, professional beauties and aristocratic ladies who helped shape the life and legend of the era’s greatest wit, esthete and sexual martyr . . . provide[s] a potted biography of the multitalented writer and gay icon . . . highly enjoyable.” —The Washington Post “Fitzsimons brilliantly calls attention to the progressive ideas and beliefs which drew the most daring and interesting women of the time to his side. The depth and painstaking care of Fitzsimons’ research is a fitting tribute to Wilde’s fascinating life and exquisite writing—and really, what better compliment is there than that?” —High Voltage |
| the ugliest woman in history: Stories of the Gorilla Country Paul Belloni Du Chaillu, 1869 |
| the ugliest woman in history: The Ugliest House in the World Peter Ho Davies, 1998-11-04 Short stories from the author of A Lie Someone Told You About Yourself—“a writer to behold with real pleasure” (Gish Jen). In tales that travel from Coventry to Kuala Lumpur, from the past to the present, and from hilarity to tragedy, American bandits herd ostriches in Patagonia, British soldiers confront Zulus in Natal, and John Wayne leads the way for local revolutionaries in Southeast Asia. These are stories in which small lives are affected by consequential events. In “A Union,” a prolonged strike at a Welsh slate quarry plays mystifying tricks of time on a couple expecting a baby. In “The Silver Screen,” ragtag rebels join a communist revolution with all the flair of the Keystone Kops. In the heartbreaking title story, a rural community in North Wales copes with the accidental death of a child and learns the reaches of guilt. With its deep vein of humanism and pointed humor, this collection was a winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys and PEN/Macmillan Awards, and includes two entries that were selected for The Best American Short Stories. “A quiet clarity and an all-encompassing empathy that is without borders.” —Elle “Astounding . . . Peter Ho Davies has left a unique, definitive footprint in the soil of contemporary short fiction.” —The Washington Post |
| the ugliest woman in history: A Cabinet of Medical Curiosities Jan Bondeson, 2019-01-24 Long ago, curiosities were arranged in cabinets for display: a dried mermaid might be next to a giant's shinbone, the skeletons of conjoined twins beside an Egyptian mummy. In ten essays, Jan Bondeson brings a physician's diagnostic skills to various unexpected, gruesome, and extraordinary aspects of the history of medicine: spontaneous human combustion, colonies of snakes and frogs living in a person's stomach, kings and emperors devoured by lice, vicious tribes of tailed men, and the Two-Headed Boy of Bengal. Bondeson tells the story of Mary Toft, who gained notoriety in 1726 when she allegedly gave birth to seventeen rabbits. King George I, the Prince of Wales, and the court physicians attributed these monstrous births to a maternal impression because Mary had longed for a meal of rabbit while pregnant. Bondeson explains that the fallacy of maternal impressions, conspicuous in the novels of Goethe, Sir Walter Scott, and Charles Dickens, has ancient roots in Chinese and Babylonian manuscripts. Bondeson also presents the tragic case of Julia Pastrana, a Mexican Indian woman with thick hair growing over her body and a massive overgrowth of the gums that gave her a simian or ape-like appearance. Called the Ape Woman, she was exhibited all over the world. After her death in 1860, Julia's husband, who had also been her impresario, had her body mummified and continued to exhibit it throughout Europe. Bondeson tracked the mummy down and managed to diagnose Julia Pastrana's condition as the result of a rare genetic syndrome. |
| the ugliest woman in history: The Ugly Little Boy Isaac Asimov, Robert Silverberg, 1993 Plucked out of the past and transported forty thousand years into the future, a Neanderthal child discovers that human nature has remained unchanged, in an expanded version of an original Asimov story |
| the ugliest woman in history: The Lying Life of Adults Elena Ferrante, 2020-09-01 The New York Times–bestseller set in a divided Naples—now a Netflix original series—from the acclaimed author of My Brilliant Friend and The Lost Daughter. A BEST BOOK OF 2020 The Washington Post·O, The Oprah Magazine·TIME Magazine·NPR·People Magazine·The New York Times Critics·The Guardian·Electric Literature·Financial Times·Times UK·Irish Times·New York Post·Kirkus Reviews·Toronto Star·The Globe and Mail·Harper’s Bazaar·Vogue UK·The Arts Desk Giovanna’s pretty face is changing, turning ugly, at least so her father thinks. Giovanna, he says, looks more like her Aunt Vittoria every day. But can it be true? Is she really changing? Is she turning into her Aunt Vittoria, a woman she hardly knows but whom her mother and father clearly despise? Surely there is a mirror somewhere in which she can see herself as she truly is. Giovanna is searching for her reflection in two kindred cities that fear and detest one another: Naples of the heights, which assumes a mask of refinement, and Naples of the depths, a place of excess and vulgarity. She moves from one to the other in search of the truth, but neither city seems to offer answers or escape. “Another spellbinding coming-of-age tale from a master.” —People Magazine, Top 10 Books of 2020 “The literary event of the year.” —Elle “Ms. Ferrante once again, with undiminished skill and audacity, creates an emotional force field that has at its heart a young girl on the brink of womanhood.” —The Wall Street Journal |
| the ugliest woman in history: To Know Her Own History Kelly Ritter, 2012-02-20 To Know Her Own History chronicles the evolution of writing programs at a landmark Southern women's college during the postwar period. Kelly Ritter finds that despite its conservative Southern culture and vocational roots, the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina was a unique setting where advanced writing programs and creativity flourished long before these trends emerged nationally. Ritter profiles the history of the Woman's College, first as a normal school, where women trained as teachers with an emphasis on composition and analytical writing, then as a liberal arts college. She compares the burgeoning writing program here to those of the Seven Sisters (Wellesley, Smith, Radcliffe, Barnard, Vassar, Bryn Mawr, and Mount Holyoke) and to elite all-male universities, to show the singular progressivism of the Woman's College. Ritter presents lively student writing samples from the early postwar period to reveal a blurring of the boundaries between creative and expository styles. By midcentury, a quantum shift toward creative writing changed administrators' valuation of composition courses and staff at the Woman's College. An intensive process of curricular revisions, modeled after Harvard's Redbook plan, was proposed and rejected in 1951, as the college stood by its unique curricula and singular values. Ritter follows the plight of individual instructors of creative writing and composition, showing how their compensation and standing were made disproportionate by the shifting position of expository writing in relation to creative writing. Despite this unsettled period, the Woman's College continued to gain in stature, and by 1964 it became a prize acquisition of the University of North Carolina system. Ritter's study demonstrates the value of local histories to uncover undocumented advancements in writing education, offering insights into the political, cultural, and social conditions that influenced learning and methodologies at marginalized schools such as the Woman's College. |
| the ugliest woman in history: Rocket Girl George D. Morgan, 2013 Combining personal history with dramatic historical events, this extraordinary true story of America's first female rocket scientist shows how her talent for chemistry proved essential for America's early space program. |
| the ugliest woman in history: A History of American Literature Richard Gray, 2011-09-23 Updated throughout and with much new material, A History of American Literature, Second Edition, is the most up-to-date and comprehensive survey available of the myriad forms of American Literature from pre-Columbian times to the present. The most comprehensive and up-to-date history of American literature available today Covers fiction, poetry, drama, and non-fiction, as well as other forms of literature including folktale, spirituals, the detective story, the thriller, and science fiction Explores the plural character of American literature, including the contributions made by African American, Native American, Hispanic and Asian American writers Considers how our understanding of American literature has changed over the past?thirty years Situates American literature in the contexts of American history, politics and society Offers an invaluable introduction to American literature for students at all levels, academic and general readers |
| the ugliest woman in history: The Book Of Lists David Wallechinsky, Amy Wallace, 2009-08-06 The first and best compendium of facts weirder than fiction, of intriguing information and must-talk-about trivia has spawned many imitators – but none as addictive or successful. For nearly three decades the editors researched curious facts, unusual statistics and the incredible stories behind them. The most entertaining and informative of these have been brought together in this edition. |
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A Portrait of the Ugliest Princess in History
The princess was reputed to be the ugliest woman of her time, and the legends of which she is the centre would suggest that she was also the wickedest and most licentious. The Duchess's father, …
“Skinless Wonders”: Body Worlds and the Victorian Freak Show
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ugliest woman [my emphasis], to prevail, to change their lives, to aspire to greater things and to succeed." This ugliest woman becomes the pivotal character of the romance. The unattractive …
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woman riding on the narrow road. “As she passed, the woman looked at him intently and finally observed: ‘Well, you are the ugliest man I ever saw.’ ‘Perhaps so,’ admitted the unfortunate …
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Women and Leadership: History, Theories, and Case Studies . The Present Volume . Women and Leadership explores varied questions about women's leadership in four sections. Each section …
'Frankenstein', Feminism, and the Intertextuality of Mountains
religious history, but also contributed mightily to the profoundest de i. John Ruskin, Modern Painters, iv (1856), available in The Works of John Ruskin, eds. E. T. Cook and Alexander …
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Some notes on the early history of the Tembe, 1280 AD-1800 AD
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Women in Construction: An Early Historical Perspective
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Ancient Tragedy and the Metaphor of Katharsis - JSTOR
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stereotypes is that of the angry black woman (Childs 2005; Jones 2004; Walley-Jean 2009). These sorts of stereotypes can be traced to the Sapphire character which debuted on the Amos n' Andy …
Tohoku Dialects as a Speech of Rednecks*
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The Role of Women in the Caribbean - JSTOR
the region have had a long history of work involvement, quite often functioning as primary workers. The paper touches on education in relation to women's past and future roles in the region, and in …
A Portrait of the Ugliest Princess in History
The princess was reputed to be the ugliest woman of her time, and the legends of which she is the centre would suggest that she was also the wickedest and most licentious. The Duchess's father, Duke Henry of Tyrol and Goricia, was the most improvident of spendthrifts. In 1317, a year before Margaret's birth, certain Innsbruck
“Skinless Wonders”: Body Worlds and the Victorian Freak Show
Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Volume 69, Number 1, January 2014, pp. 38-67 (Article) ... sometimes billed as “the Nondescript,” “the Gorilla Woman,” or the “Ugliest Woman in the World.” When she died in 1860, her body was preserved and re-exhibited to an even more fascinated public2 (Figure 1).
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Forensic Science International: Reports - Cranfield University
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Five Chimneys A Woman Survivors True Story Of Auschwitz
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Looking for Reality in Romance - JSTOR
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Fly-Girls, Bitches, and Hoes - JSTOR
of a family friend. She was a troubled young woman with a history of sub-stance abuse, aggravated by her son's murder two years ago. She was found beaten and burned beyond recognition. Her murderers were not "skinheads," "the man," or "the racist white power structure." More likely than not, they were brown men whose faces resembled her own ...
OLGA TOKARCZUK - The New York Times
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woman riding on the narrow road. “As she passed, the woman looked at him intently and finally observed: ‘Well, you are the ugliest man I ever saw.’ ‘Perhaps so,’ admitted the unfortunate fellow, somewhat crestfallen, ‘but I can’t help that, madam.’ ‘No, I suppose not,’ agreed the woman, ‘but you might stay at home.’” 2 I.
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'Frankenstein', Feminism, and the Intertextuality of Mountains
religious history, but also contributed mightily to the profoundest de i. John Ruskin, Modern Painters, iv (1856), available in The Works of John Ruskin, eds. E. T. Cook and Alexander Wedderburn, vi (London: George Allen, 1904); David Rob ertson, "Mid-Victorians amongst the Alps," in Nature and the Victorian Imagination, eds.
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Some notes on the early history of the Tembe, 1280 AD-1800 AD
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Women in Construction: An Early Historical Perspective
Keywords: Women in Construction; Minorities; Construction History. Introduction Construction work is historically described as a non-traditional occupation for women. The United Stated Department of Labor defines ―non-traditional occupations‖ for women as those in which women comprise 25% or less of total employed.
Ancient Tragedy and the Metaphor of Katharsis - JSTOR
history and another. It is only the remoteness of antiquity that allows such blurring of ... the citizens picked the ugliest and basest of criminals to beat and chase from the city. Oedipus, highest and lowest of men, must be cast out because ... the impossibility of finally expelling woman, slave, barbarian, from within the midst of the polis ...
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Viewer Interpretations of Angry Black Women on Prime - JSTOR
stereotypes is that of the angry black woman (Childs 2005; Jones 2004; Walley-Jean 2009). These sorts of stereotypes can be traced to the Sapphire character which debuted on the Amos n' Andy show in the late 1920s. In the current era, however, this stereotype is no longer being used to portray a particular type of black woman.
Tohoku Dialects as a Speech of Rednecks*
‐‐156 two…dialects.……Tohoku…dialects…are…evaluated…negatively,…receiving…derogatory…com-ments…such…as…“rough”,…“not…suitable ...
The Role of Women in the Caribbean - JSTOR
the region have had a long history of work involvement, quite often functioning as primary workers. The paper touches on education in relation to women's past and future roles in the region, and in a similar vein it draws attention to the political role of Caribbean women. The paper ends on a hopeful note as it
