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03190aam a2200493 i 4500 001 70DFBA12066511E4B09646AEDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20140708010108 008 131115s2014 mnua b s001 0 eng 010 $a 2013037982 020 $a 0816689970 (paperback : acid-free paper) 020 $a 9780816689972 (paperback : acid-free paper) 020 $a 0816689962 (hardcover : acid-free paper) 020 $a 9780816689965 (hardcover : acid-free paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)863196254 040 $a DLC $e rda $b eng $c DLC $d YDX $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d OCLCO $d BDX $d UKMGB $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e------ 050 00 $a HQ792.E8 $b M58 2014 082 00 $a 306.85094090/01 $2 23 084 $a SOC047000 $a LIT011000 $a SOC047000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Mitchell, J. Allan $q (John Allan), $d 1971- $e author. 245 10 $a Becoming human : $b the matter of the medieval child / $c J. Allan Mitchell. 264 1 $a Minneapolis : $b University of Minnesota Press, $c [2014] 300 $a xxx, 249 pages ; $c 23 cm 520 2 $a "Becoming Human argues that human identity was articulated and extended across a wide range of textual, visual, and artifactual assemblages from the twelfth to the fifteenth centuries. J. Allan Mitchell shows how the formation of the child expresses a manifold and mutable style of being. To be human is to learn to dwell among a welter of things. A searching and provocative historical inquiry into human becoming, the book presents a set of idiosyncratic essays on embryology and infancy, play and games, and manners, meals, and other messes. While it makes significant contributions to medieval scholarship on the body, family, and material culture, Becoming Human theorizes anew what might be called a medieval ecological imaginary. Mitchell examines a broad array of phenomenal objects--including medical diagrams, toy knights, tableware, conduct texts, dream visions, and scientific instruments--and in the process reanimates distinctly medieval ontologies. In addressing the emergence of the human in the later Middle Ages, Mitchell identifies areas where humanity remains at risk. In illuminating the past, he shines fresh light on our present"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Being Born -- Childish Things -- The Mess -- Epilogue. 650 0 $a Children $z Europe $x History $y To 1500. 650 0 $a Humanity $x History $z Europe $x History $y To 1500. 650 0 $a Identity (Psychology) $x History $z Europe $x History $y To 1500. 650 0 $a Human body $x History $z Europe $x History $y To 1500. 650 0 $a Families $z Europe $x History $y To 1500. 650 0 $a Material culture $z Europe $x History $y To 1500. 650 0 $a Human ecology $z Europe $x History $y To 1500. 651 0 $a Europe $x Social life and customs. 651 0 $a Civilization, Medieval. 650 7 $a PHILOSOPHY / General. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a SOCIAL SCIENCE / Children's Studies. $2 bisacsh 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191210030652.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826093246.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=70DFBA12066511E4B09646AEDAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search