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Author:

Hughes, Kathryn, 1959- author.

Title:

Victorians undone : tales of the flesh in the age of decorum / Kathryn Hughes.

Publisher:

Johns Hopkins University Press,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

xviii, 414 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 25 cm

Subject:

Human body--History--Great Britain--History--19th century.
Body image--History--Great Britain--History--19th century.
Great Britain--History--Victoria, 1837-1901.
Great Britain--Social conditions--19th century.

Notes:

"First published in Great Britain by 4th Estate in 2017"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Sweet Fanny Adams. Lady Flora's belly -- Charles Darwin's beard -- George Eliot's hand -- Fanny Cornforth's mouth -- Sweet Fanny Adams.

Summary:

"A groundbreaking account of what it was like to live in a Victorian body from one of our best historians ... brings the Victorians back to life and helps us understand how they lived their lives"--Publisher's description.

ISBN:

9781421425702 (hardcover)
142142570X (hardcover)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1007752547

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

KAPF566 -- Keokuk Public Library (Keokuk)