Syphilis and Subjectivity : From the Victorians to the Present

Name: Syphilis and Subjectivity
Brand: Springer International Publishing AG
SKU: 9783319663661
Price: 19800 KES
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ISBN: 9783319663661

1st ed. 2018

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Format Hardback

ISBN-10 3319663666

ISBN-13 9783319663661

Edition 1st ed. 2018

Publisher Springer International Publishing AG

Imprint Palgrave Macmillan

Country of Manufacture CH

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Jan 11th, 2018

Print length 188 Pages

Product Classification: Sociology Public health & preventive medicine Public health and preventive medicine Medical sociology History of medicine

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This book demystifies the cultural work of syphilis from the late nineteenth century to the present. By interrogating the motivations that engender habits of belief, thought, and conduct regarding the disease and notions of the self, this interdisciplinary volume investigates constructions of syphilis that had a significant role in shaping modern subjectivity. Chapters draw from a variety of scholarly methods, such as cultural and literary studies, sociology, and anthropology. Authors unravel the representations and influence of syphilis in various cultural forms: cartography, medical writings, literature, historical periodicals, and contemporary popular discourses such as internet forums and electronic news media.

Exploring the ways syphilitic rhetoric responds to, generates, or threatens social systems and cultural capital offers a method by which we can better understand the geographies of blame that are central to the conceptual heritage of the disease. This unique volume will appeal to students and scholars in the medical humanities, medical sociology, the history of medicine, and Victorian and modernist studies.

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