Artisans of the body in early modern Italy : identities, families and masculinities / Sandra Cavallo.
Material type:
TextSeries: Gender in historyPublisher: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2007Description: xiii, 281 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0719076625
- 9780719076626
- Artisans -- Italy -- History -- 17th century
- Artisans -- Italy -- History -- 18th century
- Hygiene -- Italy -- History -- 17th century
- Hygiene -- Italy -- History -- 18th century
- Health -- Italy -- History -- 17th century
- Health -- Italy -- History -- 18th century
- Social classes -- Italy -- History -- 17th century
- Social classes -- Italy -- History -- 18th century
- Italy -- Social life and customs -- 17th century
- Italy -- Social life and customs -- 18th century
- 306.4610945 22
- DG447 .C38 2007
Contents:
Introduction -- 1. The view of the body of an ordinary surgeon -- 2. Health, beauty and hygiene: the broad domain of a barber-surgeon's duties -- 3. Barber-surgeons and artisans of the body -- 4. The place in society of artisans of the body -- 5. Social and kinship ties -- 6. Age, working relationships and the marketplace -- 7. Women in the body crafts -- 8. The weak father -- 9. Respectable men -- 10. The good surgeon -- Conclusion.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 306.4610945 CAV (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A374996B |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- 1. The view of the body of an ordinary surgeon -- 2. Health, beauty and hygiene: the broad domain of a barber-surgeon's duties -- 3. Barber-surgeons and artisans of the body -- 4. The place in society of artisans of the body -- 5. Social and kinship ties -- 6. Age, working relationships and the marketplace -- 7. Women in the body crafts -- 8. The weak father -- 9. Respectable men -- 10. The good surgeon -- Conclusion.
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