Medieval Blood
Distributed for University of Wales Press
245 pages
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© 2006
Medieval Blood is the first interdisciplinary account of one of the most crucial elements of the medieval imagination: blood. Taking blood and bodies seriously, this volume uses cutting-edge theory to propose that blood possesses the ability to shape the body as a distinct identity, transforming it from an unenclosed, diverse, and not unified vessel into a whole distinct from its surroundings—all through various strategies of discourse and investigation, each of which rely “wholeheartedly” on blood.
Contents
List of Figures
Series Editors' Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Making Bodies through Blood
1 The Secret of Blood
2 Blood Taboos
3 Bodies that Form
4 Bloodiness
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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