Roman Bodies

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Author	: Andrew Hopkins
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Total Pages	: 288
Release	: 2005
ISBN-10	: STANFORD:36105121972090
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Book Synopsis Roman Bodies by : Andrew Hopkins

Book excerpt: This collection of seventeen essays explores the dramatic changes in Western conceptions of the body, encompassing the cultural shifts that occurred across Empire, religion and science, from antiquity to the eighteenth century.

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