0 Mėgstami
0Krepšelis
Šiuo metu neparduodama

Knygos aprašymas

From the 1880s to the 1920s, hunger artists - professional fasters - lived on the fringes of public spectacle and academic experiment. Agustí Nieto-Galan presents the history of this phenomenon as popular urban spectacle and subject of scientific study, showing how hunger artists acted as mediators between the human and the social body. Doctors, journalists, impresarios , artists, and others used them to reinforce their different philosophical views, scientific schools, political ideologies, cultural values, and professional interests. The hunger artists generated heated debates on objectivity and medical pluralism, and fierce struggles over authority, recognition, and prestige. Set on the fringes of the freak show culture of the nineteenth century and the scientific study of physiology laboratories, Nieto-Galan explores the story of the public exhibition of hunger, emaciated bodies, and their enormous impact on the public sphere of their time.

Informacija

Autorius: Agustí Nieto-Galan
Leidėjas: Cambridge University Press
Išleidimo metai: 2025
Knygos puslapių skaičius: 300
ISBN-13: 9781009379564
Formatas: 6 x 0.59 x 9 inches. Knyga minkštu viršeliu
Kalba: Anglų

Pirkėjų atsiliepimai

Parašykite atsiliepimą apie „The Land of the Hunger Artists“

Būtina įvertinti prekę

Goodreads reviews for „The Land of the Hunger Artists“