Información del curso

This course investigates the changing meanings and entanglements of Victorian science and medical practice. We will examine ideas about the body and disease, the changing role and image of medicine in British life and the social construction of scientific knowledge. Key themes we will examine include the growth of medicine’s cultural authority, medical professionalization, scientific and technological discoveries, the rise of public health, hospital care, the importance of photography and constructions of sexuality. We will probe these issues through the lenses of class, race, gender, and age