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Paul Youngquist reveals the cultural politics of embodiment in Britain in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Drawing on the histories of medicine, economics, liberalism and nationalism, his work shows that bodies are not simply born, but rather built by cultural practices directed toward particular social ends.

Monstrosities: Bodies And British Romanticism

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Paul Youngquist reveals the cultural politics of embodiment in Britain in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Drawing on... Read more

    Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
    Publication Date: 10/11/2003
    ISBN13: 9780816639809, 978-0816639809
    ISBN10: 0816639809

    Number of Pages: 260

    Non Fiction , ELT & Literary Studies , Education

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    Paul Youngquist reveals the cultural politics of embodiment in Britain in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Drawing on the histories of medicine, economics, liberalism and nationalism, his work shows that bodies are not simply born, but rather built by cultural practices directed toward particular social ends.

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