Drawing on the expertise of historical, literary and philosophical scholarship, practicing physicians, and the medical humanities this is a true interdisciplinary collaboration, styled as a history. It explores pain at the intersection of the living, suffering body, and the discursive cultural webs that entangle it in its specific moment.
Author Biography:
David Biro, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, USA
Joanna Bourke, Birkbeck College, UK
James Burnham Sedgwick, Acadia University, Canada
Sheena Culley, Kingston University, UK
Liz Gray, Queen Mary University of London, UK
Daniel Grey, Plymouth University, UK
Javier Moscoso, Spanish National Research Council
Linda Raphael, George Washington University, USA
Danny Rees, Wellcome Library, UK
Paolo Santangelo, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Noemi Tousignant, University of Cambridge, UK
Johanna Willenfelt, University of Cumbria, UK
Wilfried Witte, Charité University Clinic of Berlin, Germany
Whitney Wood, Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Canada