Am I Normal?

The 200-Year Search for Normal People (and Why They Don’t Exist)

Sarah Chaney

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English

Wellcome Collection
14 July 2022

Society & Social Sciences; Sociology; Psychology; Social, group or collective psychology; History of medicine

"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 how the very notion of the normal came about, how it shaped us all, often while entrenching oppressive values.

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."

By: Sarah Chaney
Imprint: Wellcome Collection
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Main
Dimensions: Height: 218mm, Width: 144mm, Spine: 32mm
Weight: 515g
ISBN: 9781788162456
ISBN 10: 1788162455
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 14 July 2022
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.

Reviews for Am I Normal?: The 200-Year Search for Normal People (and Why They Don’t Exist)

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