Foreign Bodies and the Body Politic: Discourses of Social Pathology in Early Modern England - Cambridge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture - Harris, Jonathan Gil (Ithaca College, New York) - Books - Cambridge University Press - 9780521034685 - December 14, 2006
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Foreign Bodies and the Body Politic: Discourses of Social Pathology in Early Modern England - Cambridge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture

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This book examines the overlap between early modern English attitudes to disease and society and explores the cultural meaning of the image of the body. One can detect the origins of not only modern xenophobic attitudes to foreigners as carriers of disease, but also 'germ' theory in general.


216 pages, 2 b/w illus.

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released December 14, 2006
ISBN13 9780521034685
Publishers Cambridge University Press
Pages 216
Dimensions 151 × 228 × 12 mm   ·   327 g
Language English  
Series Editor Barton, Anne
Series Editor Dollimore, Jonathan
Series Editor Garber, Marjorie
Series Editor Goldberg, Jonathan
Series Editor Holland, Peter
Series Editor McLuskie, Kathleen
Series Editor Orgel, Stephen
Series Editor Vickers, Nancy

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