Health and Illness

Health and Illness
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Publisher : Reaktion Books
Total Pages : 324
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ISBN-10 : 9781780231594
ISBN-13 : 1780231598
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Book Synopsis Health and Illness by : Sander L. Gilman

Download or read book Health and Illness written by Sander L. Gilman and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2013-06-01 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This timely study demonstrates how images of beauty and ugliness have constructed a visual history that records the artificial boundaries dividing "healthy" bodies from those that are "ill". "Gilman tells an excellent tale."—Jewish Chronicle


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