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Surgery and selfhood in early modern England : altered bodies and contexts of identity /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Skuse, Alanna, 1986- (Author)
Corporate Author: Cambridge University Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2021.
Subjects:
English > Surgery > History.
Surgery > England > History.
Body image > England > History.
Mind and body > England > History.
Identity (Psychology) > England > History.
General Surgery > history
Body Image > psychology
Mind-Body Relations, Metaphysical
History, Early Modern 1451-1600
England
Anglais > Chirurgie > Histoire.
Chirurgie > Angleterre > Histoire.
Image du corps > Angleterre > Histoire.
Identité (Psychologie) > Angleterre > Histoire.
Body image
Identity (Psychology)
Mind and body
Surgery
Literature, Renaissance and Early Modern Literature, British History after 1450, History
Electronic books.
Open educational resources.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The Instrumental Body : Castrati
  • Invisible Women : Altered Female Bodies
  • Second-Hand Faces : Aesthetic Surgery
  • Acting the Part : Prosthetic Limbs
  • 'Recompact My Scattered Parts' : the Altered Body after Death
  • Phantom Limbs and the Hard Problem.