The Body Fantastic
$66.15
- Hardcover
280 pages
- Release Date
16 November 2021
Summary
In The Body Fantastic, Frank Gonzalez-Crussi looks at the human body through the lens of dreams, myths, legends, and anecdotes of the bizarre, exploring the close connection of the fictitious and the fabulous to our conception of the body. He chronicles, among other curious cases, the man who ate everything (including boiled hedgehogs and mice on toast), the therapeutic powers of saliva, hair that burst into flames, and an “amphibian man” who lived under water. Drawing on clinical re…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262045889 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262045885 |
| Author: | Frank Gonzalez-Crussi, John Banville |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 280 |
| Release Date: | 16 November 2021 |
| Weight: | 567g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 133mm |
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Critics Review
“Playful, erudite, expansive, the book gives one much to chew on, widening our understanding of our corporeal selves, as well as how that understanding has shifted and evolved over time.” ‘
—The Boston Globe
“I cannot recommend this book enough … I guarantee that the book will contain information you’ve not read before, and that it will fascinate and delight any new reader.”
— The Folklore Podcast website
About The Author
Frank Gonzalez-Crussi
Frank Gonzalez-Crussi is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Pathology of Northwestern University Medical School. He is the author of On Seeing- Things Seen, Unseen and Obscene, Carrying the Heart, and other books.
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