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Sonst. Personen | Schäfer-Althaus, Sarah (Hrsg.); Strauß, Sara (Hrsg.) |
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Titel | Transient bodies in anglophone literature and culture. |
Quelle | Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter (2020), 227 S. |
Reihe | Anglistik & Englischunterricht. 91 |
Beigaben | Literaturangaben |
Zusatzinformation | Inhaltsverzeichnis Verlagsangaben |
Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; Monographie |
ISBN | 978-3-8253-4663-8 |
Schlagwörter | Gender; Gedächtnis; Lebenszyklus; Adoleszenz; Kindheit; Mutterschaft; Anatomie; Englisch; Geburt; Gedächtnis; Literatur; Sterblichkeit; Mutterschaft; Anatomie; Geburt; Menschlicher Körper; Literatur; Englisch; Sterblichkeit; Körperlichkeit; 18. Jahrhundert; 19. Jahrhundert; 20. Jahrhundert; 21. Jahrhundert; Gender |
Abstract | Located at the intersections of significant phases of life; the transient body is often at the same time a body in transition. With particular interest in Anglophone literatures from the eighteenth to the twenty-first centuries; the present collection explores the fragility of the body and human existence from historical; literary; and cultural perspectives. It discusses narrative; poetic; and aesthetic strategies employed to imagine and document transitions from one stage of life to another. The volume focuses on bodily rites of passage between pregnancy and birth; childhood and adulthood; and old age and death. Moreover; the contributions investigate the transcendence of corporeality with regard to medical and religious practices; disease and decay; and the struggle with ageing and a wish for longevity; as well as the challenge of social taboos. |
Erfasst von | DIPF | Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main (extern) |
Update | 2023/1 |