A cultural history of the human body in the Enlightenment /
Covers years of the human body as a physical, social, spiritual and cultural object.
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford [England] :
Berg,
2010.
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| Edition: | English ed. |
| Series: | Cultural history of the human body ;
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Enlightenment Bodies
- 1: The Body in Birth and Death / Lisa Forman Cody
- 2: Pliable Bodies: The Moral Biology of Health and Disease / Kevin Siena
- 3: Sexual Knowledge: Panspermist Jokes, Reproductive Technologies, and Virgin Births / George Rousseau
- 4: Medical Knowledge: The Adventures of Mr. Machine, with Morals / Jessica Riskin
- 5: Popular Beliefs about the Dead Body / Ruth Richardson
- 6: The Body Beautiful / David M. Turner
- 7: Marked Bodies and Social Meanings / Laura Gowing
- 8: The Puzzle of the Pox-Marked Body / Susan Staves
- 9: Cultural Representations: Rogue Literature and the Reality of the Begging Body / Tim Hitchcock
- 10: Self and Society: Attitudes toward Incest in Popular Ballads / Ruth Perry.