The Ivory Leg in the Ebony Cabinet: Madness, Race, and Gender in Victorian America
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From Samuel Morton's collection of Native American skulls to William James's writings on the consciousness of lost limbs, this book examines a startling array of artifacts that reflect nineteenth-century thinking about madness, race, and gender. According to Thomas W. Cooley, what unites these seemingly disconnected cultural fragments is the governing model of "psychology," as it was just then coming to be called, that shaped the American understanding...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1558492844
ISBN13:9781558492844
Release Date:June 2001
Publisher:University of Massachusetts Press
Length:344 Pages
Weight:1.52 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 6.4" x 9.6"
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