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A Cultural History of the Human Body in the Enlightenment English Edition
Contributor(s): Reeves, Carole (Editor)

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ISBN: 1847887910     ISBN-13: 9781847887917
Publisher: Berg Publishers
OUR PRICE: $141.75  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: May 2012
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Science | Life Sciences - Human Anatomy & Physiology
- History | Social History
- History | Modern - 20th Century
Dewey: 306.461
LCCN: 2010502609
Series: Cultural Histories
Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6.69" W x 9.61" L (1.53 lbs) 320 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 20th Century
Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index
 
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Publisher Description:
A Cultural History of The Human Body presents an authoritative survey from ancient times to the present. This set of six volumes covers 2800 years of the human body as a physical, social, spiritual and cultural object. Volume 1: A Cultural History of the Human Body in Antiquity (1300 BCE - 500 CE) Edited by Daniel Garrison, Northwestern University. Volume 2: A Cultural History of the Human Body in The Medieval Age (500 - 1500) Edited by Linda Kalof, Michigan State University Volume 3: A Cultural History of the Human Body in the Renaissance (1400 - 1650) Edited by Linda Kalof, Michigan State University and William Bynum, University College London. Volume 4: A Cultural History of the Human Body in the Enlightenment (1600 - 1800) Edited by Carole Reeves, Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine, University College London. Volume 5: A Cultural History of the Human Body in the Age of Empire (1800 - 1920) Edited by Michael Sappol, National Library of Medicine in Washington, DC, and Stephen P. Rice, Ramapo College of New Jersey. Volume 6: A Cultural History of the Human Body in the Modern Age (1900-21st Century) Edited by Ivan Crozier, University of Edinburgh, and Chiara Beccalossi, University of Queensland. Each volume discusses the same themes in its chapters: 1. Birth and Death 2. Health and Disease 3. Sex & Sexuality 4. Medical Knowledge and Technology 5. Popular Beliefs 6. Beauty and Concepts of the Ideal 7. Marked Bodies I: Gender, Race, Class, Age, Disability and Disease 8. Marked Bodies II: the Bestial, the Divine and the Natural 9. Cultural Representations of the Body 10. The Self and Society This means readers can either have a broad overview of a period by reading a volume or follow a theme through history by reading the relevant chapter in each volume. Superbly illustrated, the full six volume set combines to present the most authoritative and comprehensive survey available on the human body through history.
 
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