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An eye-opening account of the behavior of parents who have malformed children.

Table of Contents

Beautiful Is Fortunate
Of Man and Beast
Body Image
The Breached Fortress
Social Construction of the Home: The Case of Deformity
Parenting and Responsibility
Reflections
Appendix
Selected Bibliography
Index

About the Author

MEIRA WEISS is a lecturer in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Her Hebrew edition of Conditional Love has received wide acclaim. Dr. Weiss has worked extensively in the medical profession in Israel and is a certified Gestalt therapist as well as a sociologist.