Surgery and Selfhood in Early Modern England

Offering an innovative perspective on debates concerning embodiment in the early modern period, Alanna Skuse examines diverse kinds of surgical alteration, from mastectomy to castration, and amputation to facial reconstruction. Body-altering surgeries had profound socio-economic and philosophica...

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Main Author: Skuse, Alanna
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2022
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Online Access:OCN: 1195819997
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