Linda Kalof is Professor of Sociology at Michigan State University and author of Looking at Animals in Human History and editor of A Cultural History of Animals (Berg, 2007).

• IntroductionMonica H. Green (Arizona State University, USA)1 Birth and Death Katharine Park (Harvard University, USA)2 Health, Disease, and the Medieval Body Ann G. Carmichael (Indiana University, Bloomington, USA)3 The Sexual Body Ruth Mazo Karras (University of Minnesota, USA) and Jacqueline Murray (University of Guelph, CANADA)4 The Body Inferred: Knowing the Body through the Dissection of Texts Fernando Salmón (University of Cantabria, SPAIN)5 Bodies and the Supernatural: Humans, Demons, and Angels Anke Bernau (University of Manchester, UK)6 Beautiful Bodies Montserrat Cabré (Universidad de Cantabria, SPAIN)7 Bodily Essences: Bodies as Categories of Difference Monica H. Green (Arizona State University, USA)8 The Diversity of Human Kind Monica H. Green (Arizona State University, USA)9 Cultural Representations of the Body Samantha Riches (Lancaster University, UK) and Bettina Bildhauer (University of St Andrews, UK)10 Self and Society Sylvia Huot (University of Cambridge, UK)Notes Bibliography Contributors Index

Linda Kalof is Professor of Sociology at Michigan State University and author of Looking at Animals in Human History and editor of A Cultural History of Animals (Berg, 2007).

• IntroductionMonica H. Green (Arizona State University, USA)1 Birth and Death Katharine Park (Harvard University, USA)2 Health, Disease, and the Medieval Body Ann G. Carmichael (Indiana University, Bloomington, USA)3 The Sexual Body Ruth Mazo Karras (University of Minnesota, USA) and Jacqueline Murray (University of Guelph, CANADA)4 The Body Inferred: Knowing the Body through the Dissection of Texts Fernando Salmón (University of Cantabria, SPAIN)5 Bodies and the Supernatural: Humans, Demons, and Angels Anke Bernau (University of Manchester, UK)6 Beautiful Bodies Montserrat Cabré (Universidad de Cantabria, SPAIN)7 Bodily Essences: Bodies as Categories of Difference Monica H. Green (Arizona State University, USA)8 The Diversity of Human Kind Monica H. Green (Arizona State University, USA)9 Cultural Representations of the Body Samantha Riches (Lancaster University, UK) and Bettina Bildhauer (University of St Andrews, UK)10 Self and Society Sylvia Huot (University of Cambridge, UK)Notes Bibliography Contributors Index

Linda Kalof is Professor of Sociology at Michigan State University and author of Looking at Animals in Human History and editor of A Cultural History of Animals (Berg, 2007).

• IntroductionMonica H. Green (Arizona State University, USA)1 Birth and Death Katharine Park (Harvard University, USA)2 Health, Disease, and the Medieval Body Ann G. Carmichael (Indiana University, Bloomington, USA)3 The Sexual Body Ruth Mazo Karras (University of Minnesota, USA) and Jacqueline Murray (University of Guelph, CANADA)4 The Body Inferred: Knowing the Body through the Dissection of Texts Fernando Salmón (University of Cantabria, SPAIN)5 Bodies and the Supernatural: Humans, Demons, and Angels Anke Bernau (University of Manchester, UK)6 Beautiful Bodies Montserrat Cabré (Universidad de Cantabria, SPAIN)7 Bodily Essences: Bodies as Categories of Difference Monica H. Green (Arizona State University, USA)8 The Diversity of Human Kind Monica H. Green (Arizona State University, USA)9 Cultural Representations of the Body Samantha Riches (Lancaster University, UK) and Bettina Bildhauer (University of St Andrews, UK)10 Self and Society Sylvia Huot (University of Cambridge, UK)Notes Bibliography Contributors Index