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portada Monstrosity, Bodies, and Knowledge in Early Modern England: Curiosity to See and Behold
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English
Pages
322
Format
Hardcover
ISBN13
9789462986671
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Monstrosity, Bodies, and Knowledge in Early Modern England: Curiosity to See and Behold

Whitney Dirks (Author) · Amsterdam University Press · Hardcover

Monstrosity, Bodies, and Knowledge in Early Modern England: Curiosity to See and Behold - Dirks, Whitney

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Synopsis "Monstrosity, Bodies, and Knowledge in Early Modern England: Curiosity to See and Behold"

In 1680, the poor cottager Mary Herring gave birth to conjoined twins. At two weeks of age, they were kidnapped to be shown for money, and their deaths shortly thereafter gave rise to a four-year legal battle over ownership and income. The Herring twins' microhistory weaves throughout this book, as the chapter structure alternates between the family's ordeal and the broader cultural context of how so-called 'monstrous births' (a contemporary term for deformed humans and animals) were discussed in cheap print, exhibited in London's pubs and coffeehouses, examined by the Royal Society, portrayed in visual culture, and litigated in London's legal courts. This book ties together social and medical history, Disability Studies, and Monster Studies to argue that people discussed unusual bodies in early modern England because they provided newsworthy entertainment, revealed the will of God, and demonstrated the internal workings of Nature.

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