Getting under our skin

• Verfasst von: Sarasohn, Lisa T. [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Getting under our skin
• Titelzusatz: the cultural and social history of vermin
• Institutionen: Johns Hopkins University Press [Verlag]
• Verf.angabe: Lisa T. Sarasohn
• Verlagsort: Baltimore
• Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
• E-Jahr: 2021
• Jahr: [2021]
• Umfang: ix, 278 Seiten
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen
• Format: 24 cm
• Fussnoten: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 1-4214-4138-1
• ISBN: 978-1-4214-4138-2
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Sarasohn, Lisa T., 1950 - : Getting under Our Skin. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021. - 1 online resource (291 pages)
• RVK-Notation: XB 5288
• K10plus-PPN: 1737704005

Abstract

Introduction. Vermin in history -- "That nauseous venomous insect" : bed bugs in early modern Britain -- Bed bugs creeping through modern times -- Praying lice : creeping into religion, science, and sexuality -- Lousy societies : infesting the lower classes and foreigners -- The perils of lice in the modern world -- The flea in humanity's ear -- Modern fleas : literal and linguistic weapons -- Attacking rodents : rats in early modern times -- The two cultures of rats, 1800-2020 -- Conclusion. The power of vermin.

Abstract

"Vermin are not only pestering; they shape the way people look at each other and are a way that some people get to feel superior to others"--