Nature Displayed
Gender, Science and Medicine 1760-1820
1st Edition
Published on 4. January 2017
Book
Hardback
272 pages
978-1-138-18130-4 (ISBN)
Description
A collection of essays - including 3 that have never been published before - by one of the leading figures in cultural history. Professor Jordanova examines and reinterprets the writings of eighteenth-century thinkers and, in the process, sheds light on contemporary views on issues such as motherhood, sexuality, the body, art and medicine. The volume includes some of the author's most controversial and pioneering work, all the pieces have been revised in the light of the latest historiography and much of the material is published here for the first time.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
578 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-18130-4 (9781138181304)
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Person
L.J. Jordanova
Content
1. Cultural Effort: An Introductory Essay. Part One Natural Polarities. 2. Feminine Figures - Nature Display'd. 3. Nature's Powers: A Reading of the Distinction Between Creation and Production. 4. Melancholy Reflection: Constructing an Identity for Unveilers of Nature. 5. The Authoritarian Response: The French Revolution and the Enlightenment. Part Two Body Management. 6. The Popularization of Medicine: Tissot on Onanism. 7. Medical Mediations: Mind, Body and the Guillotine. 8. Guarding the Body Politic: Volney's Catechism of 1793. 9. Policing Public Health in France 1780-1815. Part Three Family Values. 10. Naturalizing the Family : Literature and the Bio-medical Sciences of the Late Eighteenth Century. 11. Gender, Generation and Science: William Hunter's Obstetric Atlas. 12. Cultures of Kinship. Footnotes. Bibliography. Index.