Melancholy and Culture

Diseases of the Soul in Golden Age Spain

AvRoger Bartra

Inbunden, Engelska, 2008

Del i serien Iberian and Latin American Studies

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Beskrivning

Focuses on the subject of 'melancholy madness' in Spain. This work demonstrates that the subject of melancholy in the Spanish Golden Age is an indispensable link in a chain which may help us to understand the appearance of sadness and malcontent in Europe at the dawn of modernity.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2008-06-01
Mått:138 x 216 x 24 mm
Vikt:431 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Iberian and Latin American Studies
Antal sidor:288
Förlag:University of Wales Press
ISBN:9780708320105

Utforska kategorier

Medicinhistoria inom Medicin

Mer om författaren

Professor Roger Bartra is a Research Fellow at the University of Mexico (UNAM), an anthropologist and sociologist. He is the author of several books on the Mexican political system, the European mythology of melancholy and the wild men, and the anthropology of the brain.

Recensioner i media

'One can only welcome such a thoughtful and scholarly contribution within the context of sixteenth-century Spain, a scintillating epoch largely off the radar of most medical historians, and appreciate the inspired idea of the Iberian and Latin Studies editors to translate this important book into English.' Edward Shorter, History of Psychiatry 20 (4)