The hurt(ful) body : Performing and Beholding Pain, 1600–1800
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1526143585
ISBN-13
9781526143587
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Imprint
Manchester University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 7th, 2019
Print length
328 Pages
Weight
520 grams
Dimensions
39.10 x 41.00 x 1.90 cms
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Brings into mutual dialogue several existing strands of the study of pain and embodied violence. The volume’s two-fold approach, themed both on the hurt and hurt-inducing body, is unique. It encompasses both the victim’s presence as an image or performed event of pain and the transmitted burden or ‘pain’ experienced by the watching audience. -- .
This book offers a cross-disciplinary approach to pain and suffering in the early modern period, based on research in the fields of literary studies, art history, theatre studies, cultural history and the study of emotions. The volume''s two-fold approach to the hurt body, defining ''hurt'' from the perspectives of both victim and beholder - as well as their combined creation of a gaze - is unique. It establishes a double perspective about the riddle of ''cruel'' viewing by tracking the shifting cultural meanings of victims'' bodies and confronting them with the values of audiences, religious and popular institutional settings and practices of punishment. It encompasses both the victim''s presence as an image or performed event of pain and the conundrum of the look - the transmitted ''pain'' experienced by the watching audience.
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