The Prince's Body : Vincenzo Gonzaga and Renaissance Medicine /

Using four notorious moments in the life of Duke Vincenzo Gonzaga of Mantua, Valeria Finucci explores changing early modern concepts of sexuality, reproduction, beauty, and aging. She deftly marries salacious tales with historical analysis to tell a broader story of Italian Renaissance cultural adju...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Finucci, Valeria (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, [2015]
Colección:I Tatti studies in Italian Renaissance history.
Temas:
1500-1699
Aging > Social aspects > Italy > History.
Beauty, Personal > Social aspects > Italy > History.
Human body > Social aspects > Italy > History.
Human reproduction > Social aspects > Italy > History.
Medicine > Italy > History > 16th century.
Medicine > Italy > History > 17th century.
Medicine, Medieval > Italy.
Rejuvenation > Social aspects > Italy > History.
Renaissance > Italy > Biography.
Renaissance > Italy > Biography > History.
Medicine > History.
History of Medicine
History, 16th Century
History, Modern 1601-
Vieillissement > Aspect social > Italie > Histoire.
Corps humain > Aspect social > Italie > Histoire.
Reproduction humaine > Aspect social > Italie > Histoire.
Médecine > Italie > Histoire > 16e siècle.
Médecine > Italie > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Médecine médiévale > Italie.
Rajeunissement > Aspect social > Italie > Histoire.
Renaissance > Italie > Biographies.
Renaissance > Italie > Biographies > Histoire.
Médecine > Histoire.
Médecine > Histoire > 16e siècle.
Médecine > Histoire > 1500-
history of medicine.
Health & Fitness > Holism.
Health & Fitness > Reference.
Medical > Alternative Medicine.
Medical > Atlases.
Medical > Essays.
Medical > Family & General Practice.
Medical > Holistic Medicine.
Medical > Osteopathy.
HISTORY > Renaissance.
Aging > Social aspects
Beauty, Personal > Social aspects
Human body > Social aspects
Human reproduction > Social aspects
Medicine
Medicine, Medieval
Renaissance
Italy
Biographies
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Introduction. Staging the Body
  • 1. The Virgin Cure Manual Exams and Early Modern Surgeons
  • 2. The Aesthetic Cure Skin Disease, Noses, and the Invention of Plastic Surgery
  • 3. The Comfort Cure Managing Pain and Catarrh at the Spa
  • 4. The Sexual Cure Searching for a Viagra in the New World
  • Epilogue Unwrapping the Body
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index.

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