The hunchback in Hellenistic and Roman art /

"The subject of deformity and disability in the ancient Greco-Roman world has experienced a surge in scholarship over the past two decades. Recognizing a vast, but relatively un(der)explored, corpus of evidence, scholars have sought to integrate the deformed and disabled body back into our unde...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Trentin, Lisa (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2015.
Temas:
Abnormalities, Human, in art.
Other (Philosophy) in art.
Art, Hellenistic.
Art, Roman.
Kyphosis > Patients > In art.
Altérité dans l'art.
Art hellénistique.
Art romain.
Cyphose > Patients > Dans l'art.
Ancient history: to c 500 CE.
ART > History > Ancient & Classical.
HISTORY > Ancient > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Drama.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > People with Disabilities.
ART > History > General.
Kyphosis > Patients.
Art.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover page; Halftitle page; Series page; Title Page; Copyright page; Dedication page; Contents; List of Illustration; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Epigraph; Introduction; Deformity and disability in contemporary scholarship; The hunchback in contemporary scholarship; The hunchback in this book; 1 What's in a Hump? Representing the Hunchback; The catalogue and its challenges; The structure of the catalogue; The hunchback and the Other; The Other and the body beautiful; 2 Multum in Parvo: The Hunchback in Miniature; Contextualizing the miniature, contextualizing the hunchback.
  • Small is beautiful too: the miniature hunchbackAt home with the miniature: displaying the hunchback; Viewing and touching the hunchback: does size matter?; Domesticating the hunchback; 3 Kai Su? The Hyperphallic Hunchback; The hunchback as apotropaion; The erotic appeal of the hunchback; 4 Men who are not Men: Gendering the Hunchback; The male Other: the male hunchback; The hunchback: representation and real life; Othering the female hunchback; Conclusion; The Catalogue of Hunchbacks; Plates; Notes; Bibliography; Illustration Credits; Index.

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