The disordered body : epidemic disease and cultural transformation / Suzanne E. Hatty and James Hatty.

By:

Hatty, Suzanne

Contributor(s):

Hatty, James, 1923-

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text

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computer

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online resource

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0585286329
9780585286327

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Disordered body.DDC classification:

614.4/9 21

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RA649 .H28 1999eb

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2000 A-751
WA 11 GA1

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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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Review: "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 disordered body relate to constructions of disease. In so doing, they establish a historical link between the discourses of the disordered body and the constructs of gender. The ideas of embodiment, contagion and social space are placed in historical context, and the authors argue that our current anxieties about bodies and places have important historical precedents. They show how the cultural practices of embodied social interaction have been shaped by disease, especially epidemics."--Jacket.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-343) and index.

"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 disordered body relate to constructions of disease. In so doing, they establish a historical link between the discourses of the disordered body and the constructs of gender. The ideas of embodiment, contagion and social space are placed in historical context, and the authors argue that our current anxieties about bodies and places have important historical precedents. They show how the cultural practices of embodied social interaction have been shaped by disease, especially epidemics."--Jacket.

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