The New England Quarterly · 1995 · 56 citations · 0 references
Social SciencesCultural StudiesPolitical ScienceAmerican PoliticsAmerican StudiesPolitical HistoryBody PoliticsHistory Of HealthModernityNational IdentityNationalism In The AmericasNineteenth-century American LiteratureAllegory Of The SensesBody MetaphorsBody Part RiddlesCitizenship DiscourseMedicalized BodyPhenomenology Of SensesRepresentation Of The BodyWriting The Body
Introduction Part I. Textures of Authority: 1. The common senses of America 2. Writing the constitution of the body Part II. Fictions of the Body Politic: 3. Riddles of the brain 4. The tell-tale heart 5. Nervous reports 6. The recording eye Conclusions: somatic politics Notes Index.