The performance of medicine : researching the historical writings on the ritual of tarantism. (360G-Wellcome-086374_Z_08_Z)

£1,297

The project for which this grant is being sought, is for proposed archival research into specific aspects of medical history relating to the phenomenon of tarantism. The grant will allow for detailed examination of documents and sources contained within two libraries, the Wellcome Trust Library, London, and the Bodleian Library, Oxford, both of which hold significant material relating to the historical study of the medical writings concerning tarantism, which date from the 15th Century through to the present. The key goals of this archival research are that it will contribute toward the writing of a monograph, Ritual, Rapture and Remorse: the dance of the spider in Salento, under contract with Peter Lang, which is a study of the history of tarantism through different disciplinary perspectives, and includes discussion of the extensive amount of documentation within the field of the history of medicine. This will make an important contribution to dissemination of these writings, each of which demonstrates the shifts in approaches to the body, medicine and scientific and philosophical paradigms, most particularly in Renaissance and Early Modern Italy, but also moving through to the developments in psychiatric medicine during the 20th Century.

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Grant Details

Amount Awarded 1297
Applicant Surname Daboo
Approval Committee Medical History and Humanities Funding Committee
Award Date 2008-07-13T00:00:00+00:00
Financial Year 2007/08
Grant Programme: Title Small grant in H&SS
Internal ID 086374/Z/08/Z
Lead Applicant Dr Jerri Daboo
Partnership Value 1297
Planned Dates: End Date 2008-08-13T00:00:00+00:00
Planned Dates: Start Date 2008-07-14T00:00:00+00:00
Recipient Org: Country United Kingdom
Region South West