Health and Illness

Health and Illness Images of Difference - Picturing History

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    Publisher's Synopsis

    This timely study demonstrates how images of beauty and ugliness have constructed a visual history that records the artificial boundaries dividing "healthy" bodies from those that are "ill".

    "Gilman tells an excellent tale."-Jewish Chronicle

    About the Publisher

    Reaktion Books

    Reaktion originally focused on the fields of art, architecture and design - its first book was Ian Hamilton Finlay: A Visual Primer by Yves Abrioux. In recent years Reaktion's list has broadened substantially, and now also encompasses animal studies, Asian art and culture, biography, cultural studies, current events, fashion, film, food history, geography, general history, music, philosophy, photography, politics, sports history and travel writing. Reaktion now produces around 80 new titles each year, and has about 600 titles in print.

    Book information

    ISBN: 9780948462696
    Publisher: Reaktion Books
    Imprint: Reaktion Books
    Pub date:
    DEWEY: 306.46109
    DEWEY edition: 20
    Language: English
    Number of pages: 200
    Weight: 631g
    Height: 234mm
    Width: 156mm
    Spine width: 20mm

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