TY - BOOK ID - 52541320 TI - Corpses in Belgian Anatomy, 1860–1914 : Nobody’s Dead PY - 2019 SN - 3030201147 3030201155 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, DB - UniCat KW - Dead. KW - Cadavers KW - Corpses KW - Deceased KW - Human remains KW - Remains, Human KW - Death KW - Burial KW - Corpse removals KW - Cremation KW - Cryomation KW - Death notices KW - Embalming KW - Funeral rites and ceremonies KW - Obituaries KW - Europe, Central—History. KW - Medicine—History. KW - History. KW - Civilization—History. KW - Social history. KW - History of Germany and Central Europe. KW - History of Medicine. KW - History of Science. KW - Cultural History. KW - Social History. KW - Descriptive sociology KW - Social conditions KW - Social history KW - History KW - Sociology KW - Annals KW - Auxiliary sciences of history UR - http://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:52541320 AB - This book tells the story of the thousands of corpses that ended up in the hands of anatomists in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Composed as a travel story from the point of view of the cadaver, this study offers a full-blown cultural history of death and dissection, with insights that easily go beyond the history of anatomy and the specific case of Belgium. From acquisition to disposal, the trajectories of the corpse changed under the influence of social policies, ideological tensions, religious sensitivities, cultures of death and broader changes in the field of medical ethics. Anatomists increasingly had to reconcile their ways with the diverse meanings that the dead body held. To a certain extent, as this book argues, they started to treat the corpse as subject rather than object. Interweaving broad historical evolutions with detailed case studies, this book offers unique insights into a field dominated by Anglo-American perspectives, evaluating the similarities and differences within other European contexts. ER -