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Body Criticism

By Stafford, Barbara Maria

Body Criticism book

Body Criticism

By Stafford, Barbara Maria

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In this erudite and profusely illustrated history of perception, Barbara Stafford explores a remarkable set of body metaphors deriving from both aesthetic and medical practices that were developed during the enlightenment for making visible the unseeable aspects of the world. While she focuses on these metaphors as a reflection of the changing attitudes toward the human body during the period of birth of the modern world, she also presents a strong argument for our need to recognize the occurrence of a profound revolution—a radical shift from a textbased to a visually centered culture. Stafford agues, in fact, that modern societies need to develop innovative, nonlinguistic paradigms and to train a broad public in visual aptitude.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
588
Release Date:
1993-10-01
Publication Date:
1993-08-13
Publisher:
MIT Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0262691655
ISBN13:
9780262691659
Weight:
1751 g
Height:
201 cm
Width:
273 cm
Thickness:
37 cm
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