History Of The Body
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History Of The Body
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Author : Willemijn Ruberg
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2019-09-27
History Of The Body written by Willemijn Ruberg and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-27 with History categories.
The body has come to occupy a central place in cultural history, with historians consistently exploring such themes as the history of disease, disability, beauty, and sexuality. This engaging and concise book offers a clear introduction to the history of the body, introducing a wide array of conceptual approaches to the field. It delineates the topic of body history and its origins in cultural history and gender history, distinguishing it from related disciplines such as the history of the self, the history of medicine, the history of emotion and gender history. Bringing in a wealth of thought-provoking examples from historical writing, it goes on to explore a range of themes, including racism, anorexia, gender and sexuality, psychoanalysis and agency. With further reading and explanations of key concepts provided throughout, this wide-ranging yet accessible text is the first introductory book to address this vibrant field from a theoretical perspective. It is ideal for students of historiography, medical history or the history of the body.
A Cultural History Of The Human Body
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language : en
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A History Of The World Through Body Parts
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Author : Kathy Petras
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2022-05-24
A History Of The World Through Body Parts written by Kathy Petras and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-05-24 with Humor categories.
From famous craniums to prominent breasts, ancient spleens and bound feet, this book will bring history to life in a whole new way. With their inimitable wit and probing intelligence, authors Kathy and Ross Petras look at the role the human body has played throughout history as each individual part becomes a jumping-off point for a wider look at the times. In far-ranging, quirky-yet-interrelated stories, learn about Charles II of Spain's jaw and the repercussions of inbreeding, what Anne Boleyn's heart says about the Crusades and the trend of dispersed burials, and how the Sultans' fat reveals the politics of obesity in the Ottoman Empire. A HISTORY OF THE WORLD THROUGH BODY PARTS is packed with fascinating little-known historical facts and anecdotes that will entertain, enlighten, and delight even the most well-read history buff.
History Of The Body
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Author : Melanie McCabe
language : en
Publisher: David Robert Books
Release Date : 2012-08
History Of The Body written by Melanie McCabe and has been published by David Robert Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-08 with categories.
Fragments For A History Of The Human Body
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Author : Michel Feher
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989
Fragments For A History Of The Human Body written by Michel Feher and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Body, Human, Religious aspects categories.
A Modern History Of The Body
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Author : Gayle Davis
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Release Date : 2020-08-06
A Modern History Of The Body written by Gayle Davis and has been published by Bloomsbury Academic this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-06 with History categories.
The human body is a subject of huge historical importance, and this book explores how powerful entities – including medicine and law – have controlled how the body has been perceived and limited, often in the name of health, safety or virtue. Drawing on archival evidence and contemporary historiographical controversies, A Modern History of the Body explores how the body has been understood or interpreted, treated and controlled, and what social and political values appear to lie behind those understandings and treatments. Integrating the story of the human body into the wider narrative of modern Western society, and including study resources such as key questions and a further reading list, this book is of great importance to students seeking a historical understanding of how our interpretation and treatment of the body has changed over time.
The Clean Body
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Author : Peter Ward
language : en
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Release Date : 2019-11-01
The Clean Body written by Peter Ward and has been published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-01 with Social Science categories.
How often did our ancestors bathe? How often did they wash their clothes and change them? What did they understand cleanliness to be? Why have our hygienic habits changed so dramatically over time? In short, how have we come to be so clean? The Clean Body explores one of the most fundamental and pervasive cultural changes in Western history since the seventeenth century: the personal hygiene revolution. In the age of Louis XIV bathing was rare and hygiene was mainly a matter of wearing clean underclothes. By the late twentieth century frequent – often daily – bathing had become the norm and wearing freshly laundered clothing the general practice. Cleanliness, once simply a requirement for good health, became an essential element of beauty. Beneath this transformation lay a sea change in understandings, motives, ideologies, technologies, and practices, all of which shaped popular habits over time. Peter Ward explains that what began as an urban bourgeois phenomenon in the later eighteenth century became a universal condition by the end of the twentieth, touching young and old, rich and poor, city dwellers and country residents alike. Based on a wealth of sources in English, French, German, and Italian, The Clean Body surveys the great hygienic transformation that took place across Europe and North America over the course of four centuries.
The Body In History
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Author : John Robb
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2013-09-02
The Body In History written by John Robb and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-02 with History categories.
This book is a long-term history of how the human body has been understood in Europe from the Palaeolithic to the present day, focusing on specific moments of change. Developing a multi-scalar approach to the past, and drawing on the work of an interdisciplinary team of experts, the authors examine how the body has been treated in life, art and death for the last 40,000 years. Key case-study chapters examine Palaeolithic, Neolithic, Bronze Age, Classical, Medieval, Early Modern and Modern bodies. What emerges is not merely a history of different understandings of the body, but a history of the different human bodies that have existed. Furthermore, the book argues, these bodies are not merely the product of historical circumstance, but are themselves key elements in shaping the changes that have swept across Europe since the arrival of modern humans.
Body History
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Author : Barbara Duden
language : de
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990
Body History written by Barbara Duden and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Body, Human categories.
The Body Divided
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Author : Dr Sarah Ferber
language : en
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Release Date : 2013-07-28
The Body Divided written by Dr Sarah Ferber and has been published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-28 with Medical categories.
Bodies and body parts of the dead have long been considered valuable material for use in medical science. Over time and in different places, they have been dissected, autopsied, investigated, harvested for research and therapeutic purposes, collected to turn into museum and other specimens, and then displayed, disposed of, and exchanged. This book examines the history of such activities, from the early nineteenth century through to the present, as they took place in hospitals, universities, workhouses, asylums and museums in England, Australia and elsewhere. Through a series of case studies, the volume reveals the changing scientific, economic and emotional value of corpses and their contested place in medical science.
