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Anatomy as Spectacle: Public Exhibitions of the Body from 1700 to the Present (Liverpool University Press - Representations: Health, Disability, Culture and So)
Anatomy as Spectacle Public Exhibitions of the Body from 1700 to the Present - Liverpool University Press - Representations: Health, Disability, Culture and So
Author: Elizabeth Stephens
From the eighteenth century to the present, public exhibitions of human anatomy have proved popular with a wide range of audiences, being marketed as both educational and entertaining. In Anatomy as Spectacle, Elizabeth Stephens takes us on a tour of freak shows, anatomical Venuses, museums doubling as dubious sex clinics, and the recent Body Wo...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781846316449
ISBN-10: 1846316448
Publication Date: 8/15/2011
Pages: 166
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Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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