Body, in Theory : Histories of Cultural Materialism : Culture of the Body : Genealogies of Modernity.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Judovitz, Dalia, Author.

Series:

The body, in theory The culture of the body

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human body (Philosophy)--History--France.

Human body (Philosophy).

Philosophy, Modern--History and criticism.

Philosophy, Modern.

Human body in literature.

French literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, MI, USA University of Michigan Press 20110501

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A cultural history of the evolution of the modern body, as glimpsed at six critical moments.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Introduction

I. Baroque Embodiments

1. Montaigne's Scriptorial Bodies: Experience, Sexuality, Style

2. Emblematic Legacies: Regendering the Hieroglyphs of Desire

II. Cartesian Bodies, Virtual Bodies

3. The Automaton as Virtual Model: Anatomy, Technology, and the Inhuman

4. Spectral Metaphysics: Errant Bodies and Bodies in Error

5. Incorporations: Royal Power, or the Social Body in Corneille's The Cid

III. Materialist Machines

6. Men-Machines

7. Sex at the Limits of Representation

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

1-283-11374-0

9786613113740

0-472-02321-7

OCLC:

729252035