The Body Fantastic

by Frank Gonzalez-Crussi

Book Overview

The body in dreams, myths, legends, and anecdotes of the fantastic as expressions of human corporeality.

In The Body Fantastic, Frank Gonzalez-Crussi looks at the human body through the lens of dreams, myths, legends, and anecdotes of the bizarre, exploring the close connection of the fictitious and the fabulous to our conception of the body. He chronicles, among other curious cases, the man who ate everything (including boiled...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262045885
• ISBN13: 9780262045889
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.6" x 8.1"