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    Beauty Is the Beast: Appearance-Impaired Children in America by Ann Hill Beuf

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    • 152pp

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    • ISBN-13: 9780812213102
    • Edition Number: 1
    • Pub. Date: January 1990
    • Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

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    • Pub. Date: January 1990
    • Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
    • Format: Textbook Paperback, 152pp

    Synopsis

    Examines the stigmatism of children who deviate from acceptable American standards for physical appearance. Beuf analyzes both the effects of this stigmatization on children and the strategies used to cope with it.

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    Using theory and methodology from sociology, anthropology, and psychology, as well as interviews with children and their caretakers, Beuf (sociology, Cedar Crest College) examines the stigmatization of children who deviate from acceptable American standards of physical appearance. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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