The Tyranny of the Normal

Most cultures ostracize people who do not fit within their norms. They pressure abnormal people to change their appearance, fix what bothers others, or stay out of sight -- a pressure Leslie Fiedler has named "The Tyranny of the Normal". This anthology examines the experiences of those who live outside social norms for attractiveness, size, and shape; it also explores the reactions of "normal" people to those who seem grotesque.

Preface
Introduction
The Tyranny of the Normal	p. 3
From Freaks: Myths and Images of the Secret Self	p. 11
The Quasimodo Complex: Deformity Reconsidered	p. 27
Self-Help for the Facially Disfigured: Commentary on "The Quasimodo Complex"	p. 53
A Brief Response to "The Quasimodo Complex"	p. 55
A Response to "The Quasimodo Complex"	p. 59
Commentary on "The Quasimodo Complex"	p. 63
Literature as a Clinical Capacity: Commentary on "The Quasimodo Complex"	p. 66
Quasimodo and Medicine: What Role for the Clinician in Treating Deformity?	p. 76
Deformity and the Humane Ideal of Medicine	p. 85
From Shame and Body Image: Culture and the Compulsive Eater	p. 89
Introduction to The Mismeasure of Woman	p. 111
To Be or Not Be A Woman: Anorexia Nervosa, Normative Gender Roles, and Feminism	p. 121
Washing Your Feet	p. 143
The Six Hundred Pound Man	p. 145
Fat	p. 147
Weight Bearing	p. 151
Shanks	p. 154
Fat People at the Amusement Park	p. 163
The Fat Girl	p. 164
The Traveler	p. 178
To Make a Dragon Move: From the Diary of an Anorexic	p. 192
When Fat Girls Dream	p. 195
The Meal	p. 197
The Pull	p. 199
Disappearing	p. 201
A Hunger Artist	p. 204
Dwarf House	p. 215
The Song the Dwarf Sings	p. 224
The Dwarf	p. 225
The President	p. 236
Small Man	p. 239
From The Dwarf	p. 240
Hop-Frog	p. 247
Beauty	p. 259
He	p. 261
Neurology Rounds	p. 262
A Very Special Arts Festival	p. 264
The Anatomy of Desire	p. 265
"1921," from Sula	p. 269
From The Elephant Man	p. 281
The Leg	p. 284
From The Journal of a Leper	p. 286
Everyday Use	p. 297
Song For My Son	p. 305
The Ones that are Thrown Out	p. 306
Good Country People	p. 307
To: The Access Committee	p. 326
Just Another Year in Chronic IA	p. 327
Letter from the Rehabilitation Institute	p. 332
The Birthmark	p. 334
From The Hunchback of Notre Dame	p. 349
Gargoyles	p. 352
The Ear	p. 353
Harrison Bergeron	p. 356
The Diary of an Infidel	p. 362
Keela, the Outcast Indian Maiden	p. 366
About the Authors	p. 375
Permissions Acknowledgments	p. 381
Index	p. 385
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