Bodily Extremities Preoccupations with the Human Body in Early Modern European Culture |
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Author:
| Egmond, Florike Zwijnenberg, Robert |
ISBN: | 978-1-351-95507-2 |
Publication Date: | Mar 2017 |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Group
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Imprint: | Routledge |
Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
List Price: | USD $48.95 |
Book Description:
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A collection of nine interdisciplinary essays looking at the social and cultural construction of the human body. Focusing on extreme, transgressive situations, practices, and their representations, the contributors tackle a wide range of issues about how the body was interpreted and understood in the early modern period.
A collection of nine interdisciplinary essays looking at the social and cultural construction of the human body. Focusing on extreme, transgressive situations, practices, and their representations, the contributors tackle a wide range of issues about how the body was interpreted and understood in the early modern period.