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Gilman Sander L. Gilman
Health and Illness [EPUB ebook]
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This timely study demonstrates how images of beauty and ugliness have constructed a visual history that records the artificial boundaries dividing "healthy" bodies from those that are "ill"."Gilman tells an excellent tale."-Jewish Chronicle

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Idioma Inglés ● Formato EPUB ● Páginas 200 ● ISBN 9781780231594 ● Editorial Reaktion Books ● Publicado 2013 ● Descargable 3 veces ● Divisa EUR ● ID 5991746 ● Protección de copia Adobe DRM

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