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Misfits in Fin-De-Siècle France and Italy

Anatomies of Difference

Misfits in Fin-De-Siècle France and Italy( )
Author: Ashley, Susan A.
ISBN:978-1-350-09230-3
Publication Date:Nov 2018
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:Bloomsbury Academic
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $47.95USD $47.95
Book Description:

As the 19th century drew to a close, France and Italy experienced an explosion of crime, vagrancy, insanity, neurosis and sexual deviance. "Misfits" in Fin-de-Siècle France and Italy examines how the raft of self-appointed experts that subsequently emerged tried to explain this aberrant behavior and the many consequences this had. Susan A. Ashley considers why these different phenomena were understood to be interchangeable versions of the same inborn defects. The book looks at...
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Book Details
Pages:312
Detailed Subjects: Social Science / Sociology / General
Social Science / Disease & Health Issues
Social Science / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6.14 x 9.21 x 0.65 Inches
Book Weight:0.97 Pounds



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