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A Cultural History of the Human Body
By Linda Kalof (editor), William Bynum (editor), Daniel H. Garrison (editor), Carole Reeves (editor) and Michael Sappol (editor)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Bloomsbury USA Academic
Publication date September 15, 2010
Pages 1750
Binding Hardcover
Edition Box
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9781845204952
ISBN-10 1845204956
Dimensions 4.50 by 7.25 by 10 in.
Weight 10.90 lbs.
Availability§ Out of Print
Published in Great Britain
Original list price $550.00
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
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A Cultural History of The Human Body presents an authoritative survey from ancient times to the present. This set of six volumes covers 2800 years of the human body as a physical, social, spiritual and cultural object.
 
Volume 1: A Cultural History of the Human Body in Antiquity (1000 BC - 500 AD)
Edited by Daniel Garrison, Northwestern University.
Volume 2: A Cultural History of the Human Body in The Medieval Age (1000-1400)
Edited by Linda Kalof, Michigan State University
Volume 3: A Cultural History of the Human Body in the Renaissance (1400-1650)
Edited by Linda Kalof, Michigan State University and William Bynum, University College London.
Volume 4: A Cultural History of the Human Body in the Enlightenment (1650-1800)
Edited by Carole Reeves, Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine, University College London.
Volume 5: A Cultural History of the Human Body in the Age of Empire (1800-1920)
Edited by Michael Sappol, National Library of Medicine in Washington, DC, and Stephen P. Rice, Ramapo College of New Jersey.
Volume 6: A Cultural History of the Human Body in the Modern Age (1920-2000+)
Edited by Ivan Crozier, University of Edinburgh, and Chiara Beccalossi, University of Queensland.
 
Each volume discusses the same themes in its chapters:
1. Birth and Death
2. Health and Disease
3. Sex & Sexuality
4. Medical Knowledge and Technology
5. Popular Beliefs
6. Beauty and Concepts of the Ideal
7. Marked Bodies I: Gender, Race, Class, Age, Disability and Disease
8. Marked Bodies II: the Bestial, the Divine and the Natural
9. Cultural Representations of the Body
10. The Self and Society
 
This means readers can either have a broad overview of a period by reading a volume or follow a theme through history by reading the relevant chapter in each volume. Superbly illustrated, the full six volume set combines to present the most authoritative and comprehensive survey available on the human body through history


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With Michael Sappol (other contributor), Linda Kalof (other contributor), Daniel H. Garrison (other contributor), Carole Reeves (other contributor) | Box edition from Bloomsbury USA Academic (September 15, 2010)
9781845204952 | details & prices | 1750 pages | 7.25 × 10.00 × 4.50 in. | 10.90 lbs | List price $550.00
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With Michael Sappol (other contributor), Linda Kalof (other contributor), Daniel H. Garrison (other contributor), Carole Reeves (other contributor) | Reprint edition from Bloomsbury USA Academic (March 14, 2014)
9781472554680 | details & prices | 6.50 × 10.00 × 4.50 in. | 9.10 lbs | List price $172.00
About: A Cultural History of The Human Body presents an authoritative survey from ancient times to the present.

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