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This engrossing book was the first ever investigation into the plight of the disabled and deformed in Graeco-Roman society, drawing on a wealth of material, including literary texts, medical tracts, vase paintings, sculpture, mythology and ethnography. It is now issued in paperback for the first time with a new preface and updated bibliography.
Table of Contents
Preface to the Second Edition
Supplementary Bibliography
Preface to the First Edition
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Survival of the Weakest
2. Half-Lives
3. The Roman Emperor in his Monstrous World
4. The Deformed and the Divine
5. Deriding the Disabled
6. The Physiognomic Consciousness
7. Images of the Deformed
8. Medical Diagnosis and Treatment
9. Towards a Teratology
10. Racial Deformity
Conclusions
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index Locorum
General Index
Supplementary Bibliography
Preface to the First Edition
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Survival of the Weakest
2. Half-Lives
3. The Roman Emperor in his Monstrous World
4. The Deformed and the Divine
5. Deriding the Disabled
6. The Physiognomic Consciousness
7. Images of the Deformed
8. Medical Diagnosis and Treatment
9. Towards a Teratology
10. Racial Deformity
Conclusions
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index Locorum
General Index
Product details
| Published | Aug 31 2010 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 280 |
| ISBN | 9781853997372 |
| Imprint | Bristol Classical Press |
| Dimensions | 9 x 6 inches |
| Series | BCPaperbacks |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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