History of the body. Volume 1. From Renaissance to the Enlightenment
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The three -volume "History of the Body", written by French, British and American anthropologists and cultural historians, comprehensively considers the bodily practices of Europe - from the Renaissance to our time. How the attitude towards the body has changed for centuries, how religion, medicine, folk culture, art considered the body, how the body should behave and manifest yourself, what social and sexual practices were encouraged, and which was banned, how the monarch’s body differed from the body of a commoner - All this is told by a large study edited by Alena Corben, Jean-Jacques Kurtin and Georges Vigarello. The first volume is dedicated to the history of the body from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment and describes the formation of the European image of the "modern" body. The history of the body here is considered in different aspects: body and religion, body and society, body and sexuality, body and medicine, body and game, body and power
Author:
Author:Vigarello Georges
Cover:
Cover:Hard
Category:
- Category:Arts & Photography
- Category:Reference books
- Category:Drawing & Painting
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Paper:
Paper:Offset
Series:
Series: everyday culture
Age restrictions:
Age restrictions:16+
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-4448-1509-0
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