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Surgery and Selfhood in Early Modern England: Altered Bodies and Contexts of Identity
Surgery and Selfhood in Early Modern England: Altered Bodies and Contexts of Identity
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2021
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Alanna Skuse
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This pioneering account offers a new perspective on debates concerning embodiment in the early modern period, examining the varied experiences of those who underwent surgical alteration as a starting point for discussing questions of personal integrity, morality, and resurrection.
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press ; License: CC BY-NC-ND ; Source: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108919395 ; 202 pages
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The Instrumental Body,
Second-Hand Faces,
Prosthetic Limbs,
Phantom Limbs