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Ugliness by Moshtari Hilal, Elisabeth Lauffer is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Ugliness about?

"A thoughtful, provocative, playful, and truly original exploration of bodily aesthetics and the factors that define them. A wondrous and important book."—Melissa Febos, author of Girlhood and Body WorkHow do power and beauty join forces to determine who is considered ugly? What role does that ugliness play in fomenting hatred? Moshtari Hilal, an Afghan-born author and artist who lives in Germany, has written a touching, intimate, and highly political book. Dense body hair, crooked teeth, and big noses: Hilal uses a broad cultural lens to question norms of appearance—ostensibly her own, but in fact everyone's. She writes about beauty salons in Kabul as a backdrop to the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, Darwin's theory of evolution, Kim Kardashian, and a utopian place in the shadow of her nose. With a profound mix of essay, poetry, her own drawings, and cultural and social history of the body, Hilal explores...

Who reads Ugliness?

Author

Moshtari Hilal, Elisabeth Lauffer

Publisher

New Vessel Press

Published

2023

Language

EN

ISBN

9781954404281

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Romance, Contemporary Romance, Fiction