The disordered body : epidemic disease and cultural transformation /
"The Disordered Body presents a fascinating look at how three epidemics of the medieval and Early Renaissance period in Western Europe shaped and altered conceptions of the human body in ways that continue today. Authors Suzanne E. Hatty and James Hatty show the ways in which concepts of the di...
| Основен автор: | Hatty, Suzanne. |
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| Други автори: | Hatty, James, 1923- |
| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Albany, N.Y. :
State University of New York Press,
℗♭1999.
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| Серия: |
SUNY series in medical anthropology.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=44145 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Disordered body. |
Съдържание:
- pt. I. The body: constructs and constraints. Imaging the body. Banishing the "unclean" body
- pt. II. Apocalyptic angst. Florence: a "city of the wicked" disordered bodies in abundance. Castigating the flesh. Regulating the bodies of citizens. The diseased body confronts medicine
- pt. III. Fin-de-siecle forebodings. The danger of touch: the body and social distance. Corporeal catastrophe: bodies "crash" and disappear.