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Paul Youngquist reveals the cultural politics of embodiment in Britain in the late 18th & early 19th centuries. Drawing on the histories of medicine, economics, liberalism & nationalism, his work shows that bodies are not simply born, but rather built bycultural practices directed toward particular social ends.
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1 edition- Other · English · 2003University of Minnesota Press · 224 pages · 9780816639793
Abnormalities, Human, in literatureBody, Human, in literatureEnglish literatureHistory and criticismHuman AbnormalitiesRomanticismAbnormalities, humanRomanticism, great britain