Human remains : medicine, death, and desire in nineteenth-century Paris / Jonathan Strauss.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Strauss, Jonathan.

Series:

Forms of living.

Forms of living

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dead--Social aspects--History--19th century.

Dead.

Death--France--Paris--History--19th century.

Death.

Human body--Social aspects--France--Paris--History--19th century.

Human body.

Medicine--France--Paris--History--19th century.

Medicine.

Public health--France--Paris--History--19th century.

Public health.

Paris (France)--Social conditions--19th century.

Paris (France).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 394 p. ) ill. ;

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Fordham University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The living and the dead cohabited Paris until the late 18th century, when, in the name of public health, measures were taken to drive the latter from the city. Cemeteries were removed from urban space, and corpses started to be viewed as terrifyingly noxious substances. Working across a broad range of disciplines this book seeks to understand the meaning of the dead and their role in creating one of the most important cities of the contemporary world.

Contents:

Medicine and authority

The medical uses of nonsense

A hostile environment

Death comes alive

Pleasure in revolt

Monsters and artists

Abstracting desire

What abjection means.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8232-6904-3

0-8232-4126-2

OCLC:

923763781