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14) Fleshly things and spiritual matters: studies on the medieval body in honour of Margaret Bridges
Publisher
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"This Companion offers the first systematic analysis of the representation of the body in literature. It historicizes embodiment by charting our evolving understanding of the body from the Middle Ages to the present day, and addresses such questions as sensory perception, technology, language and affect; maternal bodies, disability and the representation of ageing; eating and obesity, pain, death and dying; and racialized and posthuman bodies. This...