Constructing and Complicating Physical Wholeness-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Constructing and Complicating Physical Wholeness

Published:2021-12-04 Issue: Volume: Page:37-72
ISSN:2634-6494
Container-title:Prosthetic Body Parts in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture
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Sweet Ryan

Abstract

AbstractThis chapter explores the construction of the concept of physical wholeness and the way in which fears of physical loss were perpetuated. The chapter addresses nineteenth-century contexts such as changing understandings of the human condition, new models of work, and changes in legislation. It considers these factors alongside analyses of literary texts that stimulated anxiety regarding the neurological impact of body loss, including Frederick Marryat’s Jacob Faithful (1834) and Silas Weir Mitchell’s “The Case of George Dedlow” (1866). The chapter ends by investigating how the burgeoning prosthesis market reinforced preferences for physical normalcy in advertisements as it exploited them for capitalist ends.

Publisher

Springer International Publishing

Link

https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/978-3-030-78589-5_2

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