Description: This collection of seventeen essays explores the dramatic changes in Western conceptions of the body, encompassing the cultural shifts that occurred across Empire, religion and science, from antiquity to the eighteenth century.
Pub Date: January 1, 2006
Dewey: 700.94509033
LCCN: 2006275073
Lexile Code: 0000
Target Age Group: NA to NA
Physical Info: 0.73" H x 11.02" L x 7.34" W ( 2.44 lbs) 266 pages
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Description: This collection of seventeen essays explores the dramatic changes in Western conceptions of the body, encompassing the cultural shifts that occurred across Empire, religion and science, from antiquity to the eighteenth century.