The Cambridge Companion to the Body in Literature

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ID23136331
EditorsDavid Hillman, Ulrika Maude (0000-0002-7693-6900)
Year2015
Publication date2015-05-19
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueCambridge Companion to the Body in Literature (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cco9781107256668
OpenAlexW1585919913
Open LibraryOL34561815M
ISBN9781107256668
LanguageEN
Citations received13

This Companion offers the first systematic analysis of the representation of the body in literature. It historicizes embodiment by charting our evolving understanding of the body from the Middle Ages to the present day, and addresses such questions as sensory perception, technology, language and affect; maternal bodies, disability and the representation of ageing; eating and obesity, pain, death and dying; and racialized and posthuman bodies. This Companion also considers science and its construction of the body through disciplines such as obstetrics, sexology and neurology. Leading scholars in the field devote special attention to poetry, prose, drama and film, and chart a variety of theoretical understandings of the body.

Aesthetics · Art · Drama · Field (mathematics) · Human sexuality · Perception · Politics · Posthuman · Representation (politics) · Sexology · Sociology · Variety (cybernetics) · Visual arts · Computer Science · Contemporary Literature and Criticism · Gender Studies · History · Psychology · Attitude to Health · Human body · Human body in literature · Human body in motion pictures · Medicine in literature · Mind and body · Social aspects

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