The Resource Imperfect : how our bodies shape the people we become, Lee Kofman
Imperfect : how our bodies shape the people we become, Lee Kofman
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The item Imperfect : how our bodies shape the people we become, Lee Kofman represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in City of Belmont - Ruth Faulkner Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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The item Imperfect : how our bodies shape the people we become, Lee Kofman represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in City of Belmont - Ruth Faulkner Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- By the time she was eleven and living in Russia, Lee Kofman had undergone several major operations on both a defective heart and injuries sustained in a bus accident. Her body harbours a constellation of disfiguring scars that have shaped her sense of self and her view of the world. But it wasn't until she moved from the Soviet Union to Israel and later Australia that she realised these markings weren't badges of honour to flaunt but were, in fact, imperfections that needed to be concealed. In a seductive mix of memoir and cultural critique, Kofman casts a questioning eye on the myths surrounding our conception of physical perfection and what it's like to live in a body that deviates from the norm. She reveals the subtle ways we are all influenced by the bodies we inhabit, whether our differences are pronounced or noticeable only to ourselves. She talks to people of all shapes, sizes and configurations and takes a hard look at the way media and culture dictates how bodies should and shouldn't be. By turns illuminating, confronting and deeply personal, IMPERFECT challenges us all to consider how we exist in the world and how our bodies shape the people we become
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xi, 323 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781925584813
- Label
- Imperfect : how our bodies shape the people we become
- Title
- Imperfect
- Title remainder
- how our bodies shape the people we become
- Statement of responsibility
- Lee Kofman
- Subject
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- Body image
- Body image -- Psychological aspects
- Body image -- Social aspects
- Body image in women
- Disfigured persons -- Biography
- Disfigured persons -- Interviews
- Genetic disorders -- Patients -- Interviews
- Abnormalities, Human -- Social aspects
- Kofman, Lee -- Health
- Overweight persons -- Interviews
- Self-acceptance
- Self-perception
- Kofman, Lee
- Beauty, Personal -- Psychological aspects
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- By the time she was eleven and living in Russia, Lee Kofman had undergone several major operations on both a defective heart and injuries sustained in a bus accident. Her body harbours a constellation of disfiguring scars that have shaped her sense of self and her view of the world. But it wasn't until she moved from the Soviet Union to Israel and later Australia that she realised these markings weren't badges of honour to flaunt but were, in fact, imperfections that needed to be concealed. In a seductive mix of memoir and cultural critique, Kofman casts a questioning eye on the myths surrounding our conception of physical perfection and what it's like to live in a body that deviates from the norm. She reveals the subtle ways we are all influenced by the bodies we inhabit, whether our differences are pronounced or noticeable only to ourselves. She talks to people of all shapes, sizes and configurations and takes a hard look at the way media and culture dictates how bodies should and shouldn't be. By turns illuminating, confronting and deeply personal, IMPERFECT challenges us all to consider how we exist in the world and how our bodies shape the people we become
- Cataloging source
- YDX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Kofman, Lee
- Dewey number
- 306.4613
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Kofman, Lee
- Kofman, Lee
- Body image
- Beauty, Personal
- Abnormalities, Human
- Disfigured persons
- Disfigured persons
- Genetic disorders
- Overweight persons
- Body image
- Body image in women
- Body image
- Self-acceptance
- Self-perception
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Imperfect : how our bodies shape the people we become, Lee Kofman
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
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- text
- still image
- Content type code
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- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent.
- rdacontent.
- Control code
- 22901773
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xi, 323 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781925584813
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Lccn
- be2019001975
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- portraits
- Label
- Imperfect : how our bodies shape the people we become, Lee Kofman
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent.
- rdacontent.
- Control code
- 22901773
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xi, 323 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781925584813
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Lccn
- be2019001975
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- portraits
Subject
- Body image
- Body image -- Psychological aspects
- Body image -- Social aspects
- Body image in women
- Disfigured persons -- Biography
- Disfigured persons -- Interviews
- Genetic disorders -- Patients -- Interviews
- Abnormalities, Human -- Social aspects
- Kofman, Lee -- Health
- Overweight persons -- Interviews
- Self-acceptance
- Self-perception
- Kofman, Lee
- Beauty, Personal -- Psychological aspects
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