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Syphilis and Subjectivity - From the Victorians to the Present (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
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Syphilis and Subjectivity - From the Victorians to the Present (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
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This book demystifies the cultural work of syphilis from the late
nineteenth century to the present. By interrogating the motivations
that engender habits of belief, thought, and conduct regarding the
disease and notions of the self, this interdisciplinary volume
investigates constructions of syphilis that had a significant role
in shaping modern subjectivity. Chapters draw from a variety of
scholarly methods, such as cultural and literary studies,
sociology, and anthropology. Authors unravel the representations
and influence of syphilis in various cultural forms: cartography,
medical writings, literature, historical periodicals, and
contemporary popular discourses such as internet forums and
electronic news media. Exploring the ways syphilitic rhetoric
responds to, generates, or threatens social systems and cultural
capital offers a method by which we can better understand the
geographies of blame that are central to the conceptual heritage of
the disease. This unique volume will appeal to students and
scholars in the medical humanities, medical sociology, the history
of medicine, and Victorian and modernist studies.
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