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Histories of the normal and the abnormal: social and cultural histories of norms and normativity

By: Ernst, Waltraud
Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: United Kingdom -- Routledge -- 2012Description: xv, 288pISBN: 9780415648325Subject(s): Social norms | Deviant behavior | Social science | HistoryDDC classification: 303.3 ERN/H Summary: With contributions from a range of scholars across differing disciplines, this fascinating volume tackles the history of the terms "normal" and "abnormal". Originally meaning "as occurring in nature", normality has taken on significant cultural gravitas and this book recognises and explores that fact.
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With contributions from a range of scholars across differing disciplines, this fascinating volume tackles the history of the terms "normal" and "abnormal". Originally meaning "as occurring in nature", normality has taken on significant cultural gravitas and this book recognises and explores that fact.

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