Monstrosities: bodies and British romanticism

Paul Youngquist reveals the cultural politics of embodiment in Britain in the late 18th & early 19th centuries. Drawing on the histories of medicine, economics, liberalism & nationalism, his work shows that bodies are not simply born, but rather built bycultural practices directed toward par...

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Main Author: Youngquist, Paul 1958- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis [u.a.] Univ. of Minnesota Press 2003
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Summary:Paul Youngquist reveals the cultural politics of embodiment in Britain in the late 18th & early 19th centuries. Drawing on the histories of medicine, economics, liberalism & nationalism, his work shows that bodies are not simply born, but rather built bycultural practices directed toward particular social ends.
Physical Description:XXXI, 224 S. Ill.
ISBN:0816639809

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