Am I Normal? by Sarah Chaney
The riveting history of the strange science of the 'Normal', and the origins of an anxiety-ridden modern obsession
Sarah Chaney charts, fascinatingly, [a] progressive creep of the idea of the "normal" into the heart of society.. shocking and salutary * The Times *
Compelling, highly readable ... Encompassing everything from sex surveys to baby weight, beauty standards to sexuality, this is a brilliantly engaging work of popular science * Observer *
Captivating -- Book of the Day * Guardian *
Eureka! Sarah Chaney's excellent Am I Normal? is one of those rare pop-science books that make you look at the whole world differently -- Tim Smith-Laing * The Daily Telegraph, ***** *
Riveting ... The moral of the story, indeed of this engaging book, is that instead of ruminating endlessly on the worried (and unanswerable) question Am I Normal?, we should be asking ourselves instead whether normal even exists and why, quite frankly, anyone cares * Mail on Sunday, ***** *
This fascinating read will change the way we think about what is normal * Buzz *
Fascinating * Fortean Times, ***** *
Compelling, highly readable ... Encompassing everything from sex surveys to baby weight, beauty standards to sexuality, this is a brilliantly engaging work of popular science * Observer *
Captivating -- Book of the Day * Guardian *
Eureka! Sarah Chaney's excellent Am I Normal? is one of those rare pop-science books that make you look at the whole world differently -- Tim Smith-Laing * The Daily Telegraph, ***** *
Riveting ... The moral of the story, indeed of this engaging book, is that instead of ruminating endlessly on the worried (and unanswerable) question Am I Normal?, we should be asking ourselves instead whether normal even exists and why, quite frankly, anyone cares * Mail on Sunday, ***** *
This fascinating read will change the way we think about what is normal * Buzz *
Fascinating * Fortean Times, ***** *
Sarah Chaney is a research fellow at the Queen Mary Centre for the History of the Emotions. She spent her teens and twenties furiously rebelling against the mainstream, whilst secretly longing to be normal. It wasn't until she passed thirty that she (mostly) stopped worrying about this mythical ideal. Alongside her research work she runs the public exhibitions and events programme at the Royal College of Nursing, occasionally writes for The Conversation and Psychology Today and reads far too much X-Men fanfic.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781788162463 |
| ISBN 10 | 1788162463 |
| Title | Am I Normal? |
| Author | Sarah Chaney |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Profile Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2023-07-13 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
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