Human remains : medicine, death, and desire in nineteenth-century Paris /
Strauss, Jonathan.
Human remains : medicine, death, and desire in nineteenth-century Paris / Jonathan Strauss. - 1st ed. - New York : Fordham University Press, 2012. - xiv, 394 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - Forms of living .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Medicine and authority -- The medical uses of nonsense -- A hostile environment -- Death comes alive -- Pleasure in revolt -- Monsters and artists -- Abstracting desire -- What abjection means.
9780823233793 (cloth : alk. paper) 0823233790 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780823233809 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0823233804 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2011026669
Death--History--France--Paris--19th century.
Dead--Social aspects--History--19th century.
Public health--History--France--Paris--19th century.
Medicine--History--France--Paris--19th century.
Human body--Social aspects--History--France--Paris--19th century.
Paris (France)--Social conditions--19th century.
HQ1073.5.F82 / P377 2012
306.90944/3609034
Human remains : medicine, death, and desire in nineteenth-century Paris / Jonathan Strauss. - 1st ed. - New York : Fordham University Press, 2012. - xiv, 394 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - Forms of living .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Medicine and authority -- The medical uses of nonsense -- A hostile environment -- Death comes alive -- Pleasure in revolt -- Monsters and artists -- Abstracting desire -- What abjection means.
9780823233793 (cloth : alk. paper) 0823233790 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780823233809 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0823233804 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2011026669
Death--History--France--Paris--19th century.
Dead--Social aspects--History--19th century.
Public health--History--France--Paris--19th century.
Medicine--History--France--Paris--19th century.
Human body--Social aspects--History--France--Paris--19th century.
Paris (France)--Social conditions--19th century.
HQ1073.5.F82 / P377 2012
306.90944/3609034