Artisans of the Body in Early Modern Italy: Identities, Families and Masculinities

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Sandra Cavallo Tessa Storey (Research Associate)

Artisans of the Body in Early Modern Italy

Identities, Families and Masculinities

Sandra Cavallo, Tessa Storey (Research Associate), Pamela Sharpe , Penny Summerfield

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English

Manchester University Press
01 June 2010

European history; Early modern history: c 1450 to c 1700; Social & cultural history; Gender studies, gender groups

Series: Gender in History

This study of barbers-surgeons and other artisans involved in the care and appearance of the body - jewellers, tailors, wigmakers, upholsterers - sheds light on the strong sociocultural affinities that existed in the Early Modern period between these apparently unrelated trades, challenging the divide between medical and non-medical occupations. -- .

By: Sandra Cavallo, Tessa Storey (Research Associate)
Series edited by: Pamela Sharpe, Penny Summerfield, Lynn Abrams
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 345g
ISBN: 9780719081514
ISBN 10: 0719081513
Series: Gender in History
Pages: 296
Publication Date: 01 June 2010
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Sandra Cavallo is Professor of Early Modern History at Royal Holloway, University of London

Reviews for Artisans of the Body in Early Modern Italy: Identities, Families and Masculinities

"""Cavallo has written a fresh and inventive book that recasts our understanding of surgeons and much of medical practice in the early modern period."" - Mary E. Fissell, ""Economic History Review"" ""The book is a meticulous study . . . and has the merit of interweaving several lines of inquiry into one coherent picture."" - Guido Giglioni, ""Reviews in History"" ""This vivid and extremely readable study offers an important model with which future explorations of medical practitioners and of early modern constructions of gender, identity, family, and kinship will have to engage."" - Silvia De Renzi, ""Renaissance Studies"" ""This is an important book that fundamentally recasts our ideas about early modern artisanal life and the relative importance of the various medical practicioners of the time. It is deeply researched and well argued."" - Anita Guerrini, Oregon State University, ""Technology and Culture Review"""