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Author:   Emily Cock
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
Imprint:   Manchester University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 21.60cm
ISBN:  

9781526160744

ISBN 10:   1526160749
Pages:   328
Publication Date:   11 January 2022
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

List of figures Acknowledgements Introduction: To Supply the Scandalous Want of that Obvious Part 1 Reading and feigning faces 2 Taliacotian rhinoplasty 3 The circulation of surgical knowledge 4 Satirising sympathy 5 Dear flesh: noses on sale Conclusion: Changing noses, changing fortunes Works cited -- .

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'this is a carefully researched and convincing book about the multi-layered reception of one controversial surgical procedure. [...] this book is recommended not only to historians of medicine and the body but also to scholars interested in early modern British literary history and popular culture, queer theory and the history of sexuality.' Social History of Medicine -- .

'this is a carefully researched and convincing book about the multi-layered reception of one controversial surgical procedure. [...] this book is recommended not only to historians of medicine and the body but also to scholars interested in early modern British literary history and popular culture, queer theory and the history of sexuality.' Social History of Medicine -- .

Author Information

Emily Cock is a Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow in the Department of History at Cardiff University -- .

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