Sensible flesh
Subtitle: on touch in early modern culture
By: edited by Elizabeth D. Harvey.
Contributors: Harvey, Elizabeth D.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Philadelphia, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 317
Subjects: Touch; Senses and sensation
Description: This interdisciplinary collection explores the sense of touch in early modern culture. Associated with science & medicine, with religious knowledge and artistic creativity, nevertheless touch was most frequently aligned with bodily pleasure and sensuality.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.