Rumbles : a curious history of the gut
Richardson, Elsa2024
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The stomach is notoriously outspoken. It growls, gurgles and grumbles while other organs remain silent, inconspicuous and content. For centuries humans have puzzled over this rowdy, often overzealous organ, deliberating on the extent of its influence over cognition, mental wellbeing and emotions, and wondering how the gut became so central to our sense of self. Travelling from Ancient Greece to Victorian England, eighteenth-century France to modern America, cultural historian Elsa Richardson leads us on a lively tour of the gut, exploring all the ways that we have imagined, theorised and probed the mysteries of the gastroenterological system. We'll meet a wildly diverse cast of characters including Edwardian body builders, hunger-striking suffragettes, demons, medieval alchemists, and one poor teenage girl plagued by a remarkably vocal gut, all united by this singular organ.
Main title:
Rumbles : a curious history of the gut / Elsa Richardson ; edited by Francesca Barrie.
Author:
Richardson, Elsa, authorBarrie, Francesca, editor
Imprint:
London : Wellcome Collection, 2024.
Collation:
256 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm
ISBN:
9781788167550 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
306.461
Language:
English
BRN:
2679251
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