{"product_id":"dangerous-bodies-historicising-the-gothic-corporeal","title":"Dangerous bodies","description":"\u003cp\u003eThrough an investigation of the body and its oppression by the church, the medical profession and the state, \u003ci\u003eDangerous bodies\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the actual horrors lying beneath fictional horror in settings as diverse as the monastic community, slave plantation, operating theatre, Jewish ghetto and battlefield trench. \u003cbr\u003eIt provides original readings of canonical Gothic literary and film texts including \u003ci\u003eThe Castle of Otranto\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Monk\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDracula\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNosferatu\u003c\/i\u003e. This collection of dangerous bodies is traced back to the effects of the English Reformation, Spanish Inquisition, French Revolution, Caribbean slavery, Victorian medical malpractice, European anti-Semitism and finally warfare. The endangered or dangerous body lies at the centre of the clash between victim and persecutor and has generated tales of terror and narratives of horror, which function to either salve, purge or dangerously perpetuate such oppositions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54014205624664,"sku":null,"price":31.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781526127181_414a4c9f-a339-4b93-8179-8efe7c4653ca.jpg?v=1777136422","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/dangerous-bodies-historicising-the-gothic-corporeal","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}