Men and women in early modern Europe experienced their bodies very differently from the ways in which contemporary men and women do. In this challenging and inn

Men and women in early modern Europe experienced their bodies very differently from the ways in which contemporary men and women do. In this challenging and inn

Though modern readers no longer believe in the four humors of Galenic naturalism—blood, choler, melancholy, and phlegm—early modern thought found in these b

The Body and Shame: Phenomenology, Feminism, and the Socially Shaped Body investigates the concept of body shame and explores its significance when considering

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