xii, 342 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm ; 23 cm (paperback)
Contents
Living pain : mystery or puzzle? -- The meanings of pain -- An invisible epidemic -- The pain of comedy -- Hysteria, pain & gender -- Visionary pain & the politics of suffering -- Pain is always in your head -- The uses of pain -- Painful pleasures : beauty & affliction -- Sex, pain & the Marquis de Sade -- Tragic pain -- The future of pain
Summary
Explores the history of pain in Western literature and culture to restore the bridge between pain and meaning
Analysis
Medicine in Art
Medicine in Literature
Pain Psychological aspects
Pain Social aspects
Pain psychology
Social Environment
Overseas item
Pain
Pain - Social aspects
Notes
"First paperback printing 1993"--t.p verso
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-336) and index
