Rumbles by Elsa Richardson
The secret history of the body's most fascinating organ: the gut
A vivid cultural history of changing metaphorical, political and scientific visions of our guts -- Steven Poole * Guardian *
A brilliant new cultural history of the gut -- Daily Mail
I loved Rumbles - a fascinating, erudite and entertaining journey through the gut-brain connection that, despite the many claims of modern-day doctors, has fascinated physicians for hundreds of years -- Tiffany Watt Smith, author of THE BOOK OF HUMAN EMOTIONS
Fascinating.. A window onto our relationship with the gut as mediated by medicine, literature, politics and language. -- Wendy Moore * TLS *
A thrilling and surprising journey into the science and culture of an organ that refuses to be civilised -- Paul Craddock, author of SPARE PARTS
Rumbles is more than just an extremely entertaining romp through the history of the gut and all its literary, biomedical, metaphorical, and political permutations. Marshaling a wealth of resources, Richardson offers eye-popping (and sometimes gut-wrenching) insight into how our presumed cutting-edge understanding of the gut is not as new as we might want to believe. Rumbles will persuade you that to listen to the 'rumbles' of our gut is to immerse ourselves in an abiding historical legacy, for better or for worse -- Professor Jean Walton, author of DISSIDENT GUT
A brilliant new cultural history of the gut -- Daily Mail
I loved Rumbles - a fascinating, erudite and entertaining journey through the gut-brain connection that, despite the many claims of modern-day doctors, has fascinated physicians for hundreds of years -- Tiffany Watt Smith, author of THE BOOK OF HUMAN EMOTIONS
Fascinating.. A window onto our relationship with the gut as mediated by medicine, literature, politics and language. -- Wendy Moore * TLS *
A thrilling and surprising journey into the science and culture of an organ that refuses to be civilised -- Paul Craddock, author of SPARE PARTS
Rumbles is more than just an extremely entertaining romp through the history of the gut and all its literary, biomedical, metaphorical, and political permutations. Marshaling a wealth of resources, Richardson offers eye-popping (and sometimes gut-wrenching) insight into how our presumed cutting-edge understanding of the gut is not as new as we might want to believe. Rumbles will persuade you that to listen to the 'rumbles' of our gut is to immerse ourselves in an abiding historical legacy, for better or for worse -- Professor Jean Walton, author of DISSIDENT GUT
Elsa Richardson is an academic at the University of Strathclyde. She holds a Chancellor's Fellowship in the History of Health and Wellbeing at the Centre for the Social History of Health and Healthcare. In addition to lecturing in the history of medicine and her own research, she also curates arts and science events for public institutions, including the Wellcome Collection. In 2018, she was named one of ten New Generation Thinkers by BBC Radio 3, BBC Arts, and the Arts and Humanities Research Council.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781788167550 |
| ISBN 10 | 1788167554 |
| Title | Rumbles |
| Author | Elsa Richardson |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Profile Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2024-05-09 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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