The disordered body : epidemic disease and cultural transformation /

"The Disordered Body presents a fascinating look at how three epidemics of the medieval and Early Renaissance period in Western Europe shaped and altered conceptions of the human body in ways that continue today. Authors Suzanne E. Hatty and James Hatty show the ways in which concepts of the di...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hatty, Suzanne
Other Authors: Hatty, James, 1923-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, ©1999.
Series:SUNY series in medical anthropology.
Subjects:
Epidemics > History.
Epidemics > Social aspects.
Medical anthropology.
Human body.
Ethnology.
Medicine > Philosophy.
Disease Outbreaks > history
Anthropology, Cultural
Human Body
Philosophy, Medical
Anthropology, Medical
Ethnology
Épidémies > Histoire.
Épidémies > Aspect social.
Anthropologie médicale.
Corps humain.
Ethnologie.
Médecine > Philosophie.
social anthropology.
ethnology.
MEDICAL > Health Risk Assessment.
MEDICAL > Epidemiology.
Medicine > Philosophy
Epidemics
Epidemics > Social aspects
Human body
Medical anthropology
Public Health.
Health & Biological Sciences.
Epidemiology & Epidemics.
Europe.
Europe
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • pt. I. The body: constructs and constraints. Imaging the body. Banishing the "unclean" body
  • pt. II. Apocalyptic angst. Florence: a "city of the wicked" disordered bodies in abundance. Castigating the flesh. Regulating the bodies of citizens. The diseased body confronts medicine
  • pt. III. Fin-de-siecle forebodings. The danger of touch: the body and social distance. Corporeal catastrophe: bodies "crash" and disappear.

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