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This study of barbers-surgeons and other artisans involved in the care and appearance of the body - jewellers, tailors, wigmakers, upholsterers - sheds light on the strong sociocultural affinities that existed in the Early Modern period between these apparently unrelated trades, challenging the divide between medical and non-medical occupations. -- .

Table of Contents

List of plates
List of captions
List of figures
List of tables
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Introduction
1. The view of the body of an ordinary surgeon
2. Health, beauty and hygiene: the broad domain of a barber-surgeon’s duties
3. Barber-surgeons and artisans of the body
4. The place in society of artisans of the body
5. Social and kinship ties
6. Age, working relationships and the marketplace
7. Women in the body crafts
8. The weak father
9. Respectable men
10. The good surgeon
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

Artisans of the body in early modern Italy

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: 6/1/2010 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719081514, 978-0719081514
      ISBN10: 0719081513

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This study of barbers-surgeons and other artisans involved in the care and appearance of the body - jewellers, tailors, wigmakers, upholsterers - sheds light on the strong sociocultural affinities that existed in the Early Modern period between these apparently unrelated trades, challenging the divide between medical and non-medical occupations. -- .

      Table of Contents

      List of plates
      List of captions
      List of figures
      List of tables
      Acknowledgements
      List of abbreviations
      Introduction
      1. The view of the body of an ordinary surgeon
      2. Health, beauty and hygiene: the broad domain of a barber-surgeon’s duties
      3. Barber-surgeons and artisans of the body
      4. The place in society of artisans of the body
      5. Social and kinship ties
      6. Age, working relationships and the marketplace
      7. Women in the body crafts
      8. The weak father
      9. Respectable men
      10. The good surgeon
      Conclusion
      Bibliography
      Index

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