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A Traffic of Dead Bodies

- Anatomy and Embodied Social Identity in Nineteenth-Century America

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Shows how nineteenth-century American physicians used anatomy to develop a professional identity, while claiming authority over the living and the dead. This book introduces the middle-class women and men, working people, entrepreneurs, and health reformers who resisted and exploited anatomy to articulate their own social identities and visions.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780691118758
  • Indbinding:
  • Paperback
  • Sideantal:
  • 448
  • Udgivet:
  • 25. april 2004
  • Størrelse:
  • 183x240x27 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 654 g.
  • 8-11 hverdage.
  • 9. december 2024

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Shows how nineteenth-century American physicians used anatomy to develop a professional identity, while claiming authority over the living and the dead. This book introduces the middle-class women and men, working people, entrepreneurs, and health reformers who resisted and exploited anatomy to articulate their own social identities and visions.

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