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Ill Composed - Sickness, Gender, and Belief in Early Modern England (Paperback) Loot Price: R1,488
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Ill Composed - Sickness, Gender, and Belief in Early Modern England (Paperback): Olivia Weisser

Ill Composed - Sickness, Gender, and Belief in Early Modern England (Paperback)

Olivia Weisser

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In the first in-depth study of how gender determined perceptions and experiences of illness in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century England, Olivia Weisser invites readers into the lives and imaginations of ordinary men and women. Drawing on a wide range of sources, including personal diaries, medical texts, and devotional literature, the author enters the sickrooms of a diverse sampling of early modern Britons. The resulting stories of sickness reveal how men and women of the era viewed and managed their health both similarly and differently, as well as the ways prevailing religious practices, medical knowledge, writing conventions, and everyday life created and supported those varying perceptions. A unique cultural history of illness, Weisser's groundbreaking study bridges the fields of patient history and gender history. Based on the detailed examination of over fifty firsthand accounts, this fascinating volume offers unprecedented insight into what it was like to live, suffer, and inhabit a body more than three centuries ago.

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Imprint: Yale University Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: September 2016
Authors: Olivia Weisser
Dimensions: 230 x 146 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 296
ISBN-13: 978-0-300-22430-6
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1500 to 1750
Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Illness & addiction: social aspects > General
Books > History > British & Irish history > General
Books > History > World history > 1500 to 1750
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LSN: 0-300-22430-3
Barcode: 9780300224306

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