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- catalog abstract "From the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment, bodily fluids or "humors"--Whether blood, semen, or phlegm - obsessed the educated and ignorant alike. These "elixirs" were believed to possess magical powers guaranteeing long life, sexual potency, intellectual insight (particularly in women), and even holiness. Piero Camporesi, a specialist in popular culture from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment, tells this fascinating story with an abundance of examples, still of great relevance to those of us who drink "cordials" for revitalizing the heart, take potions for sexual vigor, and believe that a ruddy complexion is a sign of health. This is also a proto-feminist story, for women's purified body, with its menstrual discharge, endows her with greater intelligence - a paradoxical but revolutionary conclusion in an era of misogyny.".
- catalog alternative "Sugo della vita. English".
- catalog contributor b8033115.
- catalog created "1995.".
- catalog date "1995".
- catalog date "1995.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1995.".
- catalog description "From the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment, bodily fluids or "humors"--Whether blood, semen, or phlegm - obsessed the educated and ignorant alike. These "elixirs" were believed to possess magical powers guaranteeing long life, sexual potency, intellectual insight (particularly in women), and even holiness. Piero Camporesi, a specialist in popular culture from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment, tells this fascinating story with an abundance of examples, still of great relevance to those of us who drink "cordials" for revitalizing the heart, take potions for sexual vigor, and believe that a ruddy complexion is a sign of health. This is also a proto-feminist story, for women's purified body, with its menstrual discharge, endows her with greater intelligence - a paradoxical but revolutionary conclusion in an era of misogyny.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
- catalog extent "139 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Juice of life.".
- catalog identifier "0826408338".
- catalog isFormatOf "Juice of life.".
- catalog issued "1995".
- catalog issued "1995.".
- catalog language "eng ita".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Continuum,".
- catalog relation "Juice of life.".
- catalog subject "398/.353 20".
- catalog subject "Blood Folklore.".
- catalog subject "Blood Symbolic aspects.".
- catalog subject "GR489 .C35 1995".
- catalog title "Juice of life : the symbolic and magic significance of blood / Piero Camporesi ; foreword by Umberto Eco ; translated by Robert R. Barr.".
- catalog title "Sugo della vita. English".
- catalog type "Folklore. fast".
- catalog type "text".