Contagion, Hygiene, and the European Avant-Garde

Summary

This interdisciplinary collection of essays brings together scholars in the fields of art history, theatre, visual culture, and literature to explore intersections between the European avant-garde (c. 1880-1945) and themes of health and hygiene, such as illness, contagion, cleanliness, and contamination.

Product details

• Authors: David (University of Glasgow Hopkins
• Assisted by: David Hopkins (Editor), Disa Persson (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2023
• EAN: 9781032284996
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3228499-6
• No. of pages: 204
• Series: Routledge Research in Art History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Theory of art, SCIENCE / History, ART / History / General, MEDICAL / History, ART / Criticism & Theory, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, ART / Performance, History of art / art & design styles, History of Medicine, Theatre Studies, History of Art, History of Science, Painting & paintings, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Performance Art, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Paintings and painting