The disordered body epidemic disease and cultural transformation

Hatty, Suzanne. (Author). Hatty, James, 1923- (Added Author).

Summary: "The Disordered Body presents a fascinating look at how three epidemics of the medieval and Early Renaissance period in Western Europe shaped and altered conceptions of the human body in ways that continue today. Authors Suzanne E. Hatty and James Hatty show the ways in which concepts of the disordered body relate to constructions of disease. In so doing, they establish a historical link between the discourses of the disordered body and the constructs of gender. The ideas of embodiment, contagion and social space are placed in historical context, and the authors argue that our current anxieties about bodies and places have important historical precedents. They show how the cultural practices of embodied social interaction have been shaped by disease, especially epidemics."--Jacket.

Record details

ISBN: 0585286329 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9780585286327 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0791443655 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0791443663 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780791443651 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780791443668 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (v, 362 pages).
Publisher: Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, ©1999.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-343) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	pt. I. The body: constructs and constraints. Imaging the body. Banishing the "unclean" body -- pt. II. Apocalyptic angst. Florence: a "city of the wicked" disordered bodies in abundance. Castigating the flesh. Regulating the bodies of citizens. The diseased body confronts medicine -- pt. III. Fin-de-siecle forebodings. The danger of touch: the body and social distance. Corporeal catastrophe: bodies "crash" and disappear.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Restrictions unspecified
Reproduction Note:	Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
System Details Note:	Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
Action Note:	digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.