Pain and Its Transformations: The Interface of Biology and Culture 9780674271531

The Primitive World and its Transformations

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The Anthropology of the Fetus: Biology, Culture, and Society 9781785336928

As a biological, cultural, and social entity, the human fetus is a multifaceted subject which calls for equally diverse

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Fever: Its Biology, Evolution, and Function 9781400869831

Fever has long been recognized as a symptom of disease. Until the past century it was considered a healthy sign; since t

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Polio and Its Aftermath: The Paralysis of Culture 9780674043541

In this book, Shell, himself a victim of polio, offers an inspired analysis of the disease. Part memoir, part cultural c

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Toronto: Transformations in a City and Its Region 9780812209181

Toronto describes the diverse and remarkable transformations that have occurred in the urban landscapes of Toronto, espe

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The Rapes of Lucretia: A myth and its transformations 9780198126386, 0198126387

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Beyond Pain: The Role of Pleasure and Culture in the Making of Foreign Affairs 0275974308, 9780275974305

Breslin demonstrates that, for two millennia, states in East Asia, Europe, and America have successfully used pleasure t

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The Novel of Neronian Rome and its Multimedial Transformations: Sienkiewicz's Quo vadis (Classical Presences) 9780198867531, 0198867530

The Polish writer Henryk Sienkiewicz was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1905 largely on the basis of his hist

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Forecasting with Maximum Entropy: The interface between physics, biology, economics and information theory 9780750339315, 9780750339322, 9780750339308

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Knowing the Suffering of Others: Legal Perspectives on Pain and Its Meanings 0817357688, 9780817357689

In Knowing the Suffering of Others, legal scholar Austin Sarat brings together essays that address suffering as it relat

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