Syphilis and Subjectivity From the Victorians to the Present /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Nixon, Kari (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Servitje, Lorenzo (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Social medicine.; Human body-Social aspects.; Health promotion.; Medicine-History.; Medical Sociology.; Sociology of the Body.; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.; History of Medicine.

This book demystifies the cultural work of syphilis from the late nineteenth century to the present. By interrogating the motivations that engender habits of belief, thought, and conduct regarding the disease and notions of the self, this interdisciplinary volume investigates constructions of syphil...