Death, Dissection And the Destitute: The Politics of the Corpse in Pre-Victorian Britain (Pelican S.) - Softcover
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This study reveals the horrifying fate of dead criminals in the nineteenth century whose bodies were sentenced to dissection as an expression of society's revulsion at their crimes, the consequences of which sometimes led to bodysnatching and the selling of victims' bodies to anatomists.
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Ruth Richardson is a historian living in London.
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Until 1832 dissection-much hated and much feared-was restricted to the corpses of hanged murderers. Bodysnatching was rife. The 1832 Anatomy Act, however, appropriated instead the corpses of the poor, effectively rendering dissection a punishment for poverty. "Death, Dissection and the Destitute" reveals why fear of the pauper funeral so afflicted the nineteenth-century poor. Ruth Richardson's book opens rich prospects in history and the history of science. Her new afterword draws important parallels between historical and current concerns about the body, organs for transplant, and human tissue for research.
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Paperback. Condition: Very good. Octavo in black color illus wraps; xvii, 426 pages: b/w illustrations, facsimiles; 20 cm. Includes bibliographical references (pages 378-407) and index. Pelican books. UK paperback edition. (Originally published: London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1987) Contents: The corpse and popular culture -- The corpse as an anatomical object -- The corpse as a commodity -- The sanctity of the grave asserted -- Foregone conclusions -- "Trading assassins" -- Alternative necrology -- Bringing "scince to the poor man's door" -- The act "is uninjurious if unknown" -- The bureaucrat's bad dream -- The unpardonable offence. Death -- Social aspects -- England -- History -- 19th century. Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Great Britain. Death. Dissection -- history. Funeral Rites -- history. Social Conditions -- history. Human dissection -- Great Britain. Mort -- Aspect social -- Angleterre -- Histoire -- 19e si?cle. Death -- Social aspects. Bestattungsritus Geschichte Sektion Menselijk lichaam. Autopsie. Misdadigers. Armen (personen) 1800-1899 United Kingdom. England. Very good with a single small closed edge tear and crease to front wrap; owner signature and date; else clean and light with minimal edge-wear. First paperback printing (full number line). Seller Inventory # 92235
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