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A cultural history of the human body in antiquity

Title
A cultural history of the human body in antiquity [electronic resource] / edited by Daniel H. Garrison ; [general editors, Linda Kalof and William Bynum].
Publication
Oxford [Eng.] : Berg, 2010

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Garrison, Daniel H.
  • Bynum, W. F. (William F.), 1943-
  • Kalof, Linda.
  • Credo Reference (Firm)
Description
1 online resource (17 entries) : 25 images, digital files.
Summary
Covers years of the human body as a physical, social, spiritual and cultural object.
Uniform Title
  • Cultural history of the human body in antiquity (Online)
  • Cultural history of the human body ; v. 1.
Alternative Title
In antiquity.
Subject
  • Human body > Social aspects
  • Human body in popular culture
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Additional Formats (note)
  • Also available in print.
  • Also available in print version.
System Details (note)
  • Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Source of Description (note)
  • Description based on title page of print version.
Contents
Introduction / Daniel H. Garrison -- 1. "The End is to the Beginning as the Beginning is to the End": Birth, Death, and the Classical Body / Valerie M. Hope -- 2. Health and Disease / Patrick MacFarlane -- 3. Sex / Marilyn B. Skinner -- 4. Medical Knowledge and Technology / Brooke Holmes -- 5. Popular Beliefs about the Human Body in Antiquity / Page duBois -- 6. Reflections on Erotic Desire in Archaic and Classical Greece / Froma I. Zeitlin -- 7. Marked Bodies: Gender, Race, Class, Age, Disability, and Disease / Brooke Holmes -- 8. Marked Bodies: Divine, Human, and Bestial / Marguerite Johnson -- 9. The Body of a Hero: Images of Herakles and Their Political Use in Antiquity / Amalia Avramidou -- 10. The Self from Homer to Charlemagne / Marc Mastrangelo.
ISBN
9781849729659 (online)
OCLC
ssj0000506553
Title
A cultural history of the human body in antiquity [electronic resource] / edited by Daniel H. Garrison ; [general editors, Linda Kalof and William Bynum].
Imprint
Oxford [Eng.] : Berg, 2010 (Boston, Mass. : Credo Reference, 2011.)
Edition
English ed.
Series
Cultural history of the human body ; v. 1.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
Additional Formats
Also available in print.
Also available in print version.
System Details
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Note
Description based on title page of print version.
Connect to:
Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
Added Author
Garrison, Daniel H.
Bynum, W. F. (William F.), 1943-
Kalof, Linda.
Credo Reference (Firm)
Other Form:
Print version: 1847887880 9781847887887 (DLC) 2010502609 6 v. : ill., ports.
LCCN
2010502609
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