In the age of enlightenment

著者

• Reeves, Carole

書誌事項

In the age of enlightenment

edited by Carole Reeves

（A cultural history of the human body / general editors, Linda Kalof and William Bynum, v. 4）

Berg, 2010

English ed

タイトル別名

A cultural history of the human body in the age of enlightenment

In the age of Enlightenment

注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-282) and index

収録内容

• Introduction : enlightenment bodies / Carole Reeves
• The body in birth and death / Lisa Forman Cody
• Pliable bodies : the moral biology of health and disease / Kevin Siena
• Sexual knowledge : panspermist jokes, reproductive technologies, and virgin births / George Rousseau
• Medical knowledge : the adventures of Mr. Machine, with morals / Jessica Riskin
• Popular beliefs about the dead body / Ruth Richardson
• The body beautiful / David M. Turner
• Marked bodies and social meanings / Laura Gowing
• The puzzle of the pox-marked body / Susan Staves
• Cultural representations : rogue literature and the reality of the begging body / Tim Hitchcock
• Self and society : attitudes toward incest in popular ballads / Ruth Perry

内容説明・目次

内容説明

The Enlightenment was a time when people began to take stock of their intrinsic worth as individuals. Of course, slaves were still property, servants and apprentices were indentured, daughters "belonged" to fathers and brothers, wives to husbands and paupers were tethered to their parish. But change was in the air as increased population, migration and urbanization began to reshape both national and personal identity. The birth of modern society in the Enlightenment demanded a rethinking of the human body in all its forms, from conception to death and beyond. The history of midwives, medics, colonialists, cross-dressers, corpses, vampires, witches, beggars, beauties, body-snatchers, incest and immaculate conceptions - all reveal how the body changed in this age of turbulence and transition. A Cultural History of the Human Body in the Enlightenment presents an overview of the period with essays on the centrality of the human body in birth and death, health and disease, sexuality, beauty and concepts of the ideal, bodies marked by gender, race, class and age, cultural representations and popular beliefs and the self and society.

目次

Introduction: Enlightenment Bodies Carole Reeves (University College London, UK) 1 The Body in Birth and Death Lisa Forman Cody (Claremont McKenna College, USA) 2 Pliable Bodies: The Moral Biology of Health and Disease Kevin Siena (Trent University, Canada) 3 Sexual Knowledge: Panspermist Jokes, Reproductive Technologies, and Virgin Births George Rousseau (Oxford University, UK) 4 Medical Knowledge: The Adventures of Mr. Machine, with Morals Jessica Riskin (Stanford University, USA) 5 Popular Beliefs about the Dead Body Ruth Richardson (University of Herfordshire, UK) 6 The Body Beautiful David M. Turner (Swansea University, UK) 7 Marked Bodies and Social Meanings Laura Gowing (King's College London, UK) 8 The Puzzle of the Pox-Marked Body Susan Staves (Brandeis University, USA) 9 Cultural Representations: Rogue Literature and the Reality of the Begging Body Tim Hitchcock (University of Hertfordshire, UK) 10 Self and Society: Attitudes toward Incest in Popular Ballads Ruth Perry (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA) Notes Bibliography Contributors Index

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BB03290837
• ISBN:
  • 9781847887917
• LCCN: 2010502609
• 出版国コード: uk
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Oxford, UK
• ページ数/冊数: x, 296 p.
• 大きさ: 26 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : HM636
  • NLM : HM 636
  • DC22 : 306.4
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Human body -- Social aspects
  • LCSH : Human body in popular culture
  • MESH : Human Body
• 親書誌ID:
  • BB03288857