Human remains [[electronic resource] ] : medicine, death, and desire in nineteenth-century Paris / / Jonathan Strauss

• Autore: Strauss Jonathan
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Fordham University Press, 2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiv, 394 p. ) : ill.
• Disciplina: 306.90944/3609034
• Soggetto topico: Dead - Social aspects - History - 19th century; Death - France - Paris - History - 19th century; Human body - Social aspects - France - Paris - History - 19th century; Medicine - France - Paris - History - 19th century; Public health - France - Paris - History - 19th century
• Soggetto geografico: Paris (France) Social conditions 19th century
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Medicine and authority -- The medical uses of nonsense -- A hostile environment -- Death comes alive -- Pleasure in revolt -- Monsters and artists -- Abstracting desire -- What abjection means.
• Sommario/riassunto: The living and the dead cohabited Paris until the late 18th century, when, in the name of public health, measures were taken to drive the latter from the city. Cemeteries were removed from urban space, and corpses started to be viewed as terrifyingly noxious substances. Working across a broad range of disciplines this book seeks to understand the meaning of the dead and their role in creating one of the most important cities of the contemporary world.
• Titolo autorizzato: Human remains
• ISBN: 0-8232-6904-3; 0-8232-4126-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910790270803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Forms of living.