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Artisans of the Body in Early Modern Italy: Identities, Families and Masculinities
Sandra Cavallo
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Hardback. This study of barbers-surgeons and other artisans involved in the care and appearance of the body - jewellers, tailors, wigmakers, upholsterers - sheds light on the strong sociocultural affinities that existed in the Early Modern period between these apparently unrelated trades, challenging the divide between medical and non-medical occupations. Series Editor(s): Sharpe, Pamela; Summerfield, Penny; Abrams, Lynn; Beattie, Cordelia. Series: Gender in History. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 490.
This groundbreaking study explores the role of those involved in various aspects of the care, comfort and appearance of the body in seventeenth and early eighteenth-century Italy, bringing to light the strong cultural affinities and social ties between barber-surgeons and the apparently distant trades of jeweller, tailor, wigmaker and upholsterer. Drawing on contemporary understandings of the body, the author shows that shared concerns about health and well-being permeated the professional cultures of these medical and non-medical occupations. At the same time the detailed analysis of the life-course, career patterns and family experience of 'artisans of the ... Read more
This groundbreaking study explores the role of those involved in various aspects of the care, comfort and appearance of the body in seventeenth and early eighteenth-century Italy, bringing to light the strong cultural affinities and social ties between barber-surgeons and the apparently distant trades of jeweller, tailor, wigmaker and upholsterer. Drawing on contemporary understandings of the body, the author shows that shared concerns about health and well-being permeated the professional cultures of these medical and non-medical occupations. At the same time the detailed analysis of the life-course, career patterns and family experience of 'artisans of the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Series
Gender in History
Condition
New
Weight
489g
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719076626
SKU
V9780719076626
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About Sandra Cavallo
Sandra Cavallo is Professor in Early Modern History at Royal Holloway, University of London -- .
Reviews for Artisans of the Body in Early Modern Italy: Identities, Families and Masculinities
This is an important book that fundamentally recasts our ideas about early modern artisanal life and the relative importance of the various medical practitioners of the time. It is deeply researched and well argued. - Anita Guerrini, Oregon State University, Technology and Culture Review