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Am I Normal?
The 200-Year Search for Normal People (and Why They Don’t Exist)
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Am I Normal?
A deep dive into the strange science of the 'Normal', and the origins of an anxiety-ridden modern obsession.
The riveting history of the strange science of the 'Normal', and the origins of an anxiety-ridden modern obsession
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Before the nineteenth century, the term normal was rarely ever associated with human behaviour. Normal was a term used in maths, for right angles. People weren't normal; triangles were.
But from the 1830s, this branch of science really took off across Europe and North America, with a proliferation of IQ tests, sex studies, a census of hallucinations—even a UK beauty map (which concluded the women in Aberdeen were "the most repellent"). This book tells the surprising history of how the very notion of the normal came about, how it shaped us all, often while entrenching oppressive values.
Am I Normal? by Sarah Chaney looks at why we're still asking the internet: Do I have a normal body? Is my sex life normal? Are my kids normal? And along the way, she challenges why we ever thought it might be a desirable thing to be.
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ISBN: 9781788162456
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 14 July 2022
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Wellcome Collection
Edition: Main
Illustration: B&W integrated
Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 32.0mm
Width: 144.0mm
Height: 218.0mm
Weight: 515g
Pages: 336
About the Author
Sarah Chaney is a Research Associate at Queen Mary Centre for the History of the Emotions. She spent several awkward teen years furiously rebelling against the mainstream, whilst secretly longing to be normal. So, a normal teenager then.
Alongside her research work, she runs the public exhibitions and events programme at the Royal College of Nursing and writes occasionally for The Conversation and The Lancet.
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