Cargando…

This mortal coil : the human body in history and culture /

Hamlet's "mortal coil"--Which eventually and inevitably we "shuffle off" when we enter the sleep of death, as he puts it - has never been static. Indeed how the human body and its component parts have been understood, individually and collectively, has shifted across time, s...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Alberti, Fay Bound, 1971- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016]
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: The Body in Parts
  • 1. Getting it Straight: Spines, Scoliosis and the Hunchback King
  • 2. Beauty and the Breast: from Paraffin to PIP
  • 3. 'Country Matters': The Language and Politics of Female Genitalia
  • 4. 'Soft and Tender' or 'Weighed down by Grief:' The Emotional Heart
  • 5. Mind the Brain: From 'Cold Wet Matter' to the Origin of Thought
  • 6. From Excrement to Boundary: Rethinking Skin
  • 7. Tongue-Tied? From Nagging Wives to a Question of Taste
  • 8. Fat. So? Gut Knowledge and the Meanings of Obesity
  • Conclusion: Towards Embodiment.