Prosthetic Body Parts in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture

Name: Prosthetic Body Parts in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture
Brand: Springer International Publishing
SKU: 896267

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900527Prosthetic Body Parts in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culturehttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/prosthetic-body-parts-in-nineteenth-century-literature-and-culture/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/377578/3366ad9f-adb7-4251-a8ce-043d113be670.jpg?v=638334454007870000MXNSpringer International PublishingInStock/Ebooks/This open access book investigates imaginaries of artificial limbs, eyes, hair, and teeth in British and American literary and cultural sources from the nineteenth and early twentieth century. Prosthetic Body Parts in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture shows how depictions of prostheses complicated the contemporary bodily status quo, which increasingly demanded an appearance of physical wholeness. Revealing how representations of the prostheticized body were inflected significantly by factors such as social class, gender, and age, Prosthetic Body Parts in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture argues that nineteenth-century prosthesis narratives, though presented in a predominantly ableist and sometimes disablist manner, challenged the dominance of physical completeness as they questioned the logic of prostheticization or presented non-normative subjects in threateningly powerful ways. Considering texts by authors including Charles Dickens, Edgar Allan Poe, and Arthur Conan Doyle alongside various cultural, medical, and commercial materials, this book provides an important reappraisal of historical attitudes to not only prostheses but also concepts of physical normalcy and difference....896267Prosthetic Body Parts in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture00https://www.gandhi.com.mx/prosthetic-body-parts-in-nineteenth-century-literature-and-culture/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/377578/3366ad9f-adb7-4251-a8ce-043d113be670.jpg?v=638334454007870000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20219783030785895_W3siaWQiOiI2MGFjNGEwMS01MTA2LTRmNGEtYWI1Yi1iZjQ1MWFiNmJiY2QiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjAsImRpc2NvdW50IjowLCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjAsImluY2x1ZGVzVGF4Ijp0cnVlLCJwcmljZVR5cGUiOiJXaG9sZXNhbGUiLCJjdXJyZW5jeSI6Ik1YTiIsImZyb20iOiIyMDI0LTA1LTA5VDEwOjAwOjAwWiIsInJlZ2lvbiI6Ik1YIiwiaXNQcmVvcmRlciI6ZmFsc2V9XQ==9783030785895_This open access book investigates imaginaries of artificial limbs, eyes, hair, and teeth in British and American literary and cultural sources from the nineteenth and early twentieth century. Prosthetic Body Parts in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture shows how depictions of prostheses complicated the contemporary bodily status quo, which increasingly demanded an appearance of physical wholeness. Revealing how representations of the prostheticized body were inflected significantly by factors such as social class, gender, and age, Prosthetic Body Parts in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture argues that nineteenth-century prosthesis narratives, though presented in a predominantly ableist and sometimes disablist manner, challenged the dominance of physical completeness as they questioned the logic of prostheticization or presented non-normative subjects in threateningly powerful ways. Considering texts by authors including Charles Dickens, Edgar Allan Poe, and Arthur Conan Doyle alongside various cultural, medical, and commercial materials, this book provides an important reappraisal of historical attitudes to not only prostheses but also concepts of physical normalcy and difference.9783030785895_Springer International Publishinglibro_electonico_f8b6dbfc-e6df-3329-8854-34eb4cb75ecf_9783030785895;9783030785895_9783030785895Ryan SweetInglésMéxico2021-12-03T00:00:00+00:00Springer International Publishing