Pain and Emotion in Modern History - (Palgrave Studies in the History of Emotions) by Robert Gregory Boddice (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"Pain and Emotion in Modern History is a rich exploration of the affective expression of pain, the emotional experience of pain, and the experience of others' pain as pain. Drawing on the expertise of historical, literary and philosophical scholarship, practising physicians, the medical humanities, and conceptual artists, this is a true interdisciplinary collaboration, styled as a history. It explores pain at the intersection of the living, suffering body, and the discursive cultural webs that entangle it in its specific moment. This volume goes beyond the typical spaces and parameters of pain, from the operating theatre to the waiting room; from the moment of birth to its anticipation and aftermath; from the body in pain to the body in a culture of pain. Most importantly, it moves from the narrowly physical to the broadly emotional, enabling the enrichment of the medical history of pain, as well as setting a new agenda for medical history"--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Drawing on the expertise of historical, literary and philosophical scholarship, practicing physicians, and the medical humanities this is a true interdisciplinary collaboration, styled as a history. It explores pain at the intersection of the living, suffering body, and the discursive cultural webs that entangle it in its specific moment.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"In Pain and Emotion in Modern History, Rob Boddice and his collaborators offer an illuminating and provocative study of the physical, psychological and emotional aspects of pain that historically structured medical interventions into physical distress and</p> <p>shaped individual experiences." - The British Journal for the History of Science</p> <p>"...an indispensable contribution to the increasing scholarship on the history of pain." - Social History of Medicine</p> <p>"I would recommend anyone interested in the intersect between pain and emotion to go out and buy, beg or borrow a copy. Pain and Emotion in Modern History is an impressively researched must-read, presenting pain as a multifaceted, evolving, social, historical, physiological and psychological event to which we do not have, and may never have the answer." - Medical Humanities</p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>David Biro, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, USA Joanna Bourke, Birkbeck College, UK James Burnham Sedgwick, Acadia University, Canada Sheena Culley, Kingston University, UK Liz Gray, Queen Mary University of London, UK Daniel Grey, Plymouth University, UK Javier Moscoso, Spanish National Research Council Linda Raphael, George Washington University, USA Danny Rees, Wellcome Library, UK Paolo Santangelo, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy Noemi Tousignant, University of Cambridge, UK Johanna Willenfelt, University of Cumbria, UK Wilfried Witte, Charité University Clinic of Berlin, Germany Whitney Wood, Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Canada
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