The Corpse as Text
Author | : Thea Tomaini |
Publisher | : Boydell & Brewer |
Total Pages | : 255 |
Release | : 2017 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781783271948 |
ISBN-13 | : 1783271949 |
Rating | : 4/5 (949 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Corpse as Text by : Thea Tomaini
Download or read book The Corpse as Text written by Thea Tomaini and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2017 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 1700 and 1900, the subject of disinterment (exhumation) attracted the attention of antiquaries, who constructed a comprehensive memory of the past by 'reading' corpses as documents describing an idealised past.