Surgery and Selfhood in Early Modern England Altered Bodies and Contexts of Identity
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 philosophical co...
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Cambridge University Press
2021
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