The Variable Body In History

The essays in this book explore the different ways the body has been experienced and interpreted in history, from the medieval to the modern period. The essays present a mosaic of literary representations of disability, bodies and accounts of real lives lived in their particularity and peculiarity. The book presents a group of individual cases from different periods in history.

• | Author: Chris Mounsey, Stan Booth, Chris Mounsey
• | Publisher: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers
• | Publication Date: Sep 30, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 294 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1906165726
• | ISBN-13: 9781906165727