Nature Displayed: Gender, Science, and Medicine, 1760-1820 : EssaysLongman, 1999 - 260 pages "Although the book draws on art and literature, it is chiefly concerned with themes and ideas relating to the natural world, the body, and gender differences. To this end, Professor Jordanova concentrates on reinterpreting texts and images drawn, mainly, from eighteenth and early nineteenth-century British and French material. Many of the illustrations in the volume are likely to be new to the reader and throughout, the author offers suggestions on how these can be contexualised."--Jacket. |
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NATURAL POLARITIES | 19 |
Constructing an Identity for Unveilers | 69 |
The French Revolution and | 86 |
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