Rumbles a curious history of the gut, the secret story of the body's most fasinating organ / Elsa Richardson
Record details
- ISBN: 9781639367245
- ISBN: 1639367241
- Physical Description: 326 pages ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York : Pegasus Books, [2024]
- Copyright: ©2024
Content descriptions
General Note: | Includes index. |
Summary, etc.: | The stomach is notoriously outspoken. It growls, gurgles, and grumbles while other organs remain silent, inconspicuous, and content. For centuries humans have puzzled over this rowdy, often overzealous organ, deliberating on the extent of its influence over cognition, mental well-being, and emotions, and wondering how the gut became so central to our sense of self. Travelling from ancient Greece to Victorian England, eighteenth-century France to modern America, cultural historian Elsa Richardson leads us on a lively tour of the gut, exploring all the ways that we have imagined, theorized, and probed the mysteries of the gastroenterological system. We'll meet a wildly diverse cast of characters including Edwardian bodybuilders, hunger-striking suffragettes, demons, medieval alchemists, and one poor teenage girl plagued by a remarkably vocal gut, all united by this singular organ. Engaging, eye-opening, and thought-provoking, Rumbles leaves no stone unturned, scrutinizing religious tracts and etiquette guides, satirical cartoons, and political pamphlets, in its quest to answer the millennia-old question: Are we really ruled by our stomachs?-- Publisher's description. |
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Subject: | Stomach. Digestive organs. Digestion. Human physiology. |
Genre: | Informational works. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Rockville Public Library.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Rockville Public Library | 612.3 RIC (Text) | 34035157418241 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |