{"product_id":"the-body-fantastic-hardcover","title":"The Body Fantastic - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFrank Gonzalez-Crussi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJohn Banville\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe body in dreams, myths, legends, and anecdotes of the fantastic as expressions of human corporeality.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Body Fantastic\u003c\/i\u003e, Frank Gonzalez-Crussi looks at the human body through the lens of dreams, myths, legends, and anecdotes of the bizarre, exploring the close connection of the fictitious and the fabulous to our conception of the body. He chronicles, among other curious cases, the man who ate everything (including boiled hedgehogs and mice on toast), the therapeutic powers of saliva, hair that burst into flames, and an \"amphibian man\" who lived under water. Drawing on clinical records, popular lore, and art, history, and literature, Gonzalez-Crussi considers the body in both real and imaginary dimensions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Myths and stories, Gonzalez-Crussi reminds us, are the symbolic expression of our aspirations and emotions. These fantastic tales of bodies come from the deepest regions of the human psyche. Ancient Greeks, for example, believed that the uterus wandered around inside a woman's body--an \"animal within an animal.\" If a woman sniffed an unpleasant odor, the uterus would retreat. Organized \"digestive excess\" began with the eating and drinking contests of antiquity and continue through the hot-dog eating competitions of today. And the \"libido-podalic association,\" connecting male sexuality and the foot, insinuated itself into mainstream medicine in the sixteenth century; meanwhile, the feet of women in some cultures were scrupulously kept from view. Gonzalez-Crussi shows that the many imaginary representations of the body are very much a part of our corporeality.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrank Gonzalez-Crussi is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Pathology of Northwestern University Medical School. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eOn Seeing: Things Seen, Unseen and Obscene\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCarrying the Heart\u003c\/i\u003e, and other books.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.1 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 10, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768170578208,"sku":"9780262045889","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a2f034c43abf7e0016ecc8046efd9b5b.webp?v=1780326308","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-body-fantastic-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}