History and Archaeology, History, Specific Events and Topics, Social and Cultural History
The Cultural Politics of Blood, 1500-1900

The Cultural Politics of Blood, 1500-1900

Paperback Published on: 01/01/2015
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Synopsis

The essays of this collection explore how ideas about 'blood' in science and literature have supported, at various points in history and in various places in the circum-Atlantic world, fantasies of human embodiment and human difference that serve to naturalize existing hierarchies.

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
  • ISBN: 9781349463954
  • Number of pages: 274
  • Dimensions: 216 x 140 x 15 mm
  • Weight: 3697g
  • Languages: English