The Corpse as Text

The Corpse as Text
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Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Total Pages : 255
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ISBN-10 : 9781783271948
ISBN-13 : 1783271949
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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.


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