Big and Small: A Cultural History of Extraordinary Bodies

by Lynne Vallone

Book Overview

A groundbreaking work that explores human size as a distinctive cultural marker in Western thought

Author, scholar, and editor Lynne Vallone has an international reputation in the field of child studies. In this analytical tour-de-force, she explores bodily size difference--particularly unusual bodies, big and small--as an overlooked yet crucial marker that informs human identity and culture.

Exploring miniaturism, giganticism,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300228864
• ISBN13: 9780300228861
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.6" x 8.5"