The Corpse as Text: Disinterment and Antiquarian Enquiry, 1700-1900 by Thea Tomaini
The Corpse as Text: Disinterment and Antiquarian Enquiry, 1700-1900
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Thea Tomaini
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The Corpse as Text: Disinterment and Antiquarian Enquiry, 1700-1900

Thea Tomaini

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Between 1700 and 1900, the subject of disinterment (exhumation) attracted the attention of antiquaries, who constructed a comprehensive memory of the past by 'reading' corpses as documents describing an idealised past. Between 1700 and 1900, the s...

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