The Human Body in History and Culture
by Faye Bound Alberti
- Author(s)
- Faye Bound Alberti
- Publication, year
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016
- Scope
- 290 Pages, illustrated, 24 cm.
- ISBN
- 9780199599035
The author of this book takes the body apart to put it back anew, telling the cultural history of our key organs and systems from the inside out, from blood to guts, brains to sex organs. For centuries, 'we' were believed to be composed of souls that were part of the body and inseparable from it. Now we exist in our heads, and our bodies have become the vessels for that uncertain and elusive thing we call our 'true selves'. The way we understand the material structure of the body has also changed radically over the centuries. Faye Bound Alberti reveals just how modern the 'modern body' really is, she shows that the understanding of the 'modern body' in the process is far removed from the 'eternal' or timeless object of common assumption. In fact, she argues, its roots go back no further than the sixteenth century at the earliest - and it has only truly existed in its current form since the nineteenth century.
- Location
- Cabinet 31 - 2: Lichaam en architectuur
- Extra themes
- Body and Architecture, Body and Space, Residents and the built environment ;
- Remarks
- Incl. bibliographical references and subject Index and Index of names.
