Disability, Health, And Happiness In The Shakespearean Body (Routledge Studies In Shakespeare)

This book considers early modern and postmodern ideals of health, vigor, ability, beauty, well-being, and happiness, uncovering the complex negotiations among physical embodiment, emotional response, and communally-sanctioned behavior in Shakespeare's world. It visits the history of the body and how early modern cultures understand physical ability or vigor, emotional competence or satisfaction, and joy or self-fulfillment. Integrating insights from Disability Studies, Health Studies, and Happiness Studies, this book develops a detailed literary-historical analysis and a provocative cultural argument about the emphasis we place on popular notions of fitness and contentment today.

• • Author: Sujata Iyengar
• • Publisher: Routledge
• • Publication Date: Dec 01, 2014
• • Number of Pages: 280 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Hardcover
• • ISBN-10: 1138804282
• • ISBN-13: 9781138804289