Foreign Bodies and the Body Politic
Discourses of Social Pathology in Early Modern England
Häftad, Engelska, 2006
Av New York) Harris, Jonathan Gil (Ithaca College, Jonathan Gil Harris, Stephen Orgel, Anne Barton
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This book examines the overlap between early modern English attitudes to disease and society and explores the cultural meaning of the image of the body. One can detect the origins of not only modern xenophobic attitudes to foreigners as carriers of disease, but also 'germ' theory in general.
Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum2006-12-14
- Mått151 x 228 x 12 mm
- Vikt327 g
- FormatHäftad
- SpråkEngelska
- SerieCambridge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture
- Antal sidor216
- FörlagCambridge University Press
- ISBN9780521034685