{"product_id":"becoming-human-j-allan-mitchell-9780816689972","title":"Becoming Human: The Matter of the Medieval Child","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBecoming Human\u003c\/i\u003e argues that human identity was articulated and extended across a wide range of textual, visual, and artifactual assemblages from the twelfth to the fifteenth centuries. J. Allan Mitchell shows how the formation of the child expresses a manifold and mutable style of being. To be human is to learn to dwell among a welter of things. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA searching and provocative historical inquiry into human becoming, the book presents a set of idiosyncratic essays on embryology and infancy, play and games, and manners, meals, and other messes. While it makes significant contributions to medieval scholarship on the body, family, and material culture, \u003ci\u003eBecoming Human\u003c\/i\u003e theorizes anew what might be called a medieval ecological imaginary. Mitchell examines a broad array of phenomenal objects--including medical diagrams, toy knights, tableware, conduct texts, dream visions, and scientific instruments--and in the process reanimates distinctly medieval ontologies. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn addressing the emergence of the human in the later Middle Ages, Mitchell identifies areas where humanity remains at risk. In illuminating the past, he shines fresh light on our present.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e J. Allan Mitchell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0816689970\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780816689972\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/21\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.40w x 0.60d","brand":"J. Allan Mitchell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48086951428351,"sku":"9780816689972","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a5f8de11-9dad-402f-ac1a-878530312d40.jpg?v=1769097439","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/becoming-human-j-allan-mitchell-9780816689972","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}