Victorian attitudes towards death
Maiden Mother Matriarch with Louise Perry · Louise Perry
January 28, 202620m 45s
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Show Notes
In this bonus episode, I spoke with Stone Age Herbalist about an essay he recently published on Victorian attitudes towards death.
We discussed the cultural impact of Jack the Ripper, the terror of body snatching, the practice of postmortem photography, and the Spiritualist movement's preoccupation with electricity.
Discussed in the episode:
- 'How The Victorians Eroticised Death, From Ophelia To Salome'
- More on the anatomical venus
- More on body snatching and Georgia Medical College
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