SOMMAIRE
Eighteenth-Century Archives of the Body Conference Proceedings of the International Workshop Archives of the Body. Medieval to Early Modern, Cambridge University, 8-9 Sept. 2011
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Conference Proceedings of the International Workshop Archives of the Body. Medieval to Early Modern, Cambridge University, 8-9 Sept. 2011
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Introduction. Archives of the Body. ‘The body as an archive’
Le sternum brûle la plèvre La plèvre, contractée, étouffe les poumons. L’air pleut en escarbilles sur l’estomac. Un acide coule le…
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The Eye of the Surgeon: Bodily Images from the Collection of the Royal Academy of Surgery of Paris, 1731–93
Abstract: This article examines the ways in which the human body was represented in eighteenth-century France, using a range of surgical…
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Devotion and Healing. The sick, miraculously cured, examined Body of Sister Maria Vittoria Centurione in Eighteenth-Century Genoa
Abstract: This research study aims to analyze documentation related to bodies, their definition and management. For this purpose, documents were used…
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The ‘Polite’ Face: The Social Meanings Attached to Facial Appearance in Early Eighteenth-Century Didactic Journals
Abstract: The early eighteenth-century English elite were obsessed with their looks, and this article will examine why. Through analysis of Joseph…
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Sexing the body. The case of Giacoma Foroni
Abstract: Giacoma Foroni, born near Mantua in 1779, was raised as a girl and believed herself to be one. Her unusual…
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An Archive of Sins: Experimenting with the Body and Building a Knowledge of the ‘Low’ in José Ignacio Eyzaguirre’s General Confession (1799-1804)
Abstract: In this paper I will analyze an unpublished document from the late eighteenth century, currently held in Chile’s National Archives.…
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