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A New History of Identity
A Sociology of Medical Knowledge
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| Publisher |
2002-09-06
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| ISBN | 9780333968925, 0333968921,
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| Language |
English
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| Subject | Attitude to Health. Geneeskunde. -- gtt History of Medicine. Humaniteit. -- gtt Identiteit. -- gtt Identité (Psychologie) Identity (Psychology) Identity (Psychology) -- fast -- (OCoLC)fst00966892 Medicine -- History. Medicine. -- fast -- (OCoLC)fst01014893 Médecine -- Histoire. Médecine sociale. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy. -- bisacsh Social Identification. Social medicine. Social medicine. -- fast -- (OCoLC)fst01122637 SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. -- bisacsh SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture. -- bisacsh Sociology, Medical. |
Description
Medical texts provide a powerful means of accessing contemporary perceptions of illness and through them assumptions about the nature of the body and identity. By mapping these perceptions, from their 19th century focus on illness located in a biological body through to their 'discovery' of the psycho-social patient of the late 20th century, a history of identity, both physical and psychological, is revealed.