Reporting Skin and the Wounded Body in Victorian Britain

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

AvDiana Garrisi

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Drawing on a wide range of primary sources, this book explains what made skin newsworthy in Victorian Britain. Narratives related to skin, such as wounds caused by corporal punishment, plagues resulting from neglect in workhouses, and occupational skin diseases, emerged as defining features of Victorian newspapers.

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Utgivningsdatum2024-12-06
Mått148 x 210 x 17 mm
Vikt396 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor198
FörlagSpringer International Publishing AG
ISBN9783031753671

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Chapter 1: Dermatology and the Making of News in Victorian Britain.- Chapter 2: Skin as a Medium: Historical and Cultural Perspectives.- Chapter 3: Skin as Antithesis: The Lure of Newspapers for Opposites.- Chapter 4: Skin as Forensic Evidence: The Times Coverage of the Flogging of Private White.- Chapter 5: Skin in Pieces: the Fragment as a Narrative Device.- Chapter 6: Skin as an Epistemic Tool: Wound Care and Social Reform.- Chapter 7: The Body as Utensil: Framing Occupational Skin Diseases.- Chapter 8: Skin as a Canvas: The Origins of Facial Disfigurement.- Chapter 9: Media Histories of Skin.