On the Politics of Ugliness
Ugliness or unsightliness is much more than a quality or property of an individual’s appearance—it has long functioned as a social category that demarcates access to social, cultural, and political spaces and capital. The editors of and authors in this co
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On the Politics of Ugliness
Sara Rodrigues • Ela Przybylo Editors
On the Politics of Ugliness
Editors Sara Rodrigues Toronto, ON, Canada
Ela Przybylo Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies Simon Fraser University Vancouver, BC, Canada
ISBN 978-3-319-76782-6 ISBN 978-3-319-76783-3 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76783-3 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018935188 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover credit: “Thank You For The Syphilis,” mixed media and collage on mylar. Sarah Allen Eagen, artist, http://saraheagen.com/. Cover design by Tom Howey Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer International Publishing AG part of Springer Nature. The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Contents
1 Introduction: On the Politics of Ugliness 1 Ela Przybylo and Sara Rodrigues 2 Ugliness 31 Nina Athanassoglou-Kallmyer Part I Desire, Relationality, Erotics
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3 Listening to the Ugliness of Hetero-Erotic Miscommunication in Bruno Dumont’s Twentynine Palms 53 Yetta Howard 4 “Put on All Your Make-Up and Cry It Off in Public:” The Function of Ugliness in Femme Grieving Practices 69 Andi Schwartz 5 I Want to Kill Myself 91 Vivek Shraya 6 The Lesson of the Cockroach: Towards an Ethics of Ugliness 103 Esther Hutfless and Elisabeth Schäfer
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Part II The Spatio-Temporalities of Ugliness
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7 (Un)Mapping the City Beautiful: Orlando Florida’s “Ugly” Settler Colonial Legacy 127 Stephanie K. Wheeler 8 New Body Project(s): “Excess” Skin in the Context of Massive Weight Loss 151 Yasmina Katsulis 9 The Indiscreet Charms of Spatial Ugliness: An Enquiry into a (Post)colonial City 171 Sayandeb Chowdhury 10
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