Disappearing people: shame and appearance. Kilborn B.

The author of the book, having preparations in literature, history, anthropology and clinical psychoanalysis, considers the question of how a person, controlling his appearance, tries to control his feelings. Considering that the psychology of appearance has not yet been sufficiently studied, Kilborne combines examples from literature and its clinical practice in his book to make the following statement: shame and appearance are the main reason for fear that arises in literary characters and real people. The author describes that the shame but of his appearance generates not only the desire to disappear, but also the fear of disappearance. “Disappropriate people” are a kind of hybrid of applied literature and applied psychoanalysis, they help us understand the origins of the psychocultural crisis, amazing our oriented to the appearance, which encourages the shame of society. The book will be interesting not only to psychoanalysts and students studying psychoanalysis, but also to a wide range of readers.