Human remains : medicine, death, and desire in nineteenth-century Paris

Human remains : medicine, death, and desire in nineteenth-century Paris / Jonathan Strauss.

Author/creator	Strauss, Jonathan
Format	Book and Print
Edition	1st ed.
Publication Info	New York : Fordham University Press, 2012.
Description	xiv, 394 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Subject(s)	Death--France --Paris --History --19th century. Dead--Social aspects --History --19th century. Public health--France --Paris --History --19th century. Medicine--France --Paris --History --19th century. Human body--Social aspects --France --Paris --History --19th century. Death--France --Paris --history. Paraphilias--France --Paris --history. Jurisprudence--France --Paris --history. History, 19th Century--France --Paris. Public Health--France --Paris --history. Grave Robbing--France --Paris --history. Cadaver. Corpse Dismemberment--history --legislation & jurisprudence. History of Medicine--France --Paris. Paris (France)--Social conditions --19th century.

Series	Forms of living Forms of living. ^A1108561
Contents	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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2011026669
ISBN	9780823233793 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0823233790 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	9780823233809 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN	0823233804 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Standard identifier#	40020581375

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