Peculiar Bodies: Stories and Histories – serie
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8 produkter
Sight Correction
Vision and Blindness in Eighteenth-Century Britain
Inbunden, 2019
1056 kr
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The debut publication in a new Series devoted to the body as an object of historical study, Sight Correction provides an expansive analysis of blindness in eighteenth-century Britain, developing a new methodology for conceptualizing sight impairment. Beginning with a reconsideration of the place of …
Sight Correction
Vision and Blindness in Eighteenth-Century Britain
Häftad, 2019
515 kr
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The debut publication in a new Series devoted to the body as an object of historical study, Sight Correction provides an expansive analysis of blindness in eighteenth-century Britain, developing a new methodology for conceptualizing sight impairment. Beginning with a reconsideration of the place of …
Sapphic Crossings
Cross-Dressing Women in Eighteenth-Century British Literature
Inbunden, 2021
1433 kr
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Across the eighteenth century in Britain, readers, writers, and theater-goers were fascinated by women who dressed in men's clothing from actresses on stage who showed their shapely legs to advantage in men's breeches to stories of valiant female soldiers and ruthless female pirates. Spanning …
Sapphic Crossings
Cross-Dressing Women in Eighteenth-Century British Literature
Häftad, 2021
461 kr
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Across the eighteenth century in Britain, readers, writers, and theater-goers were fascinated by women who dressed in men's clothing from actresses on stage who showed their shapely legs to advantage in men's breeches to stories of valiant female soldiers and ruthless female pirates. Spanning …
Lame Captains and Left-Handed Admirals
Amputee Officers in Nelson's Navy
Inbunden, 2021
1342 kr
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Throughout the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, the Royal Navy had a peculiar problem: it had too many talented and ambitious officers, all competing for a limited number of command positions. Given this surplus, we might expect that a major physical impairment would automatically disqualify an …
Lame Captains and Left-Handed Admirals
Amputee Officers in Nelson's Navy
Häftad, 2021
515 kr
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Throughout the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, the Royal Navy had a peculiar problem: it had too many talented and ambitious officers, all competing for a limited number of command positions. Given this surplus, we might expect that a major physical impairment would automatically disqualify an …
Beyond the Moulin Rouge
The Life and Legacy of La Goulue
Inbunden, 2022
1383 kr
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Best known by her stage name, La Goulue (the Glutton), Louise Weber was one of the biggest stars of fin de siècle Paris, renowned as a cancan dancer at the Moulin Rouge. The subject of numerous paintings and photographs, she became an iconic figure of modern art. Her life, however, has consistently …
Beyond the Moulin Rouge
The Life and Legacy of La Goulue
Häftad, 2022
411 kr
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Best known by her stage name, La Goulue (the Glutton), Louise Weber was one of the biggest stars of fin de siècle Paris, renowned as a cancan dancer at the Moulin Rouge. The subject of numerous paintings and photographs, she became an iconic figure of modern art. Her life, however, has consistently …
