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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Alberti, Fay Bound, 1971- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016]
Subjects:
Human body > History.
Human body > Social aspects.
Health > History.
Human Body
Anatomy > history
Physiological Phenomena
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
History, 20th Century
Corps humain > Histoire.
Corps humain > Aspect social.
Santé > Histoire.
Médecine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
MEDICAL > Anatomy.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Human Anatomy & Physiology.
Health
Human body
Human body > Social aspects
Corps humain.
Anatomie > histoire.
Phénomènes physiologiques.
Connaissances, attitudes et pratiques en santé.
Körper
Wahrnehmung
Kultur
Körpererfahrung
Anatomie > Histoire.
Corps humain > Dans les représentations sociales.
Physiologie > Histoire.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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