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On Ugliness

by Umberto Eco

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Language EN
Total Pages 456 pages
ISBN
9780847829866
Published
2007
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In the mold of his acclaimed "History of beauty," Renowned cultural critic Umberto Eco's "On Ugliness" Is an exploration of the monstrous and the repellant in visual culture and the arts. What is the voyeuristic impulse ...
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In the mold of his acclaimed "History of beauty," Renowned cultural critic Umberto Eco's "On Ugliness" Is an exploration of the monstrous and the repellant in visual culture and the arts. What is the voyeuristic impulse behind our attraction to the gruesome and the horrible?
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