The Body in History - Europe From the Palaeolithic to the Future

Klappentext This book is a long-term history of how the human body has been understood in Europe from the Palaeolithic to the present day. This remarkable volume demonstrates how the idea of the body has been dramatically reworked in successive eras, from the Pleistocene to the present day. Spanning archaeology, history, and cultural studies, the chapters argue that, more than a concept, the body is simultaneously a collection of gestures and comportments that can vary from one era to the next. In a world transfixed by the prospects for robotic and bionic engineering, where the body/technology boundary is becoming increasingly porous and zombies are everywhere, this beautifully written study demonstrates how the body itself has always been in history. -- Daniel Lord Smail, Harvard University

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• Authors: Oliver Harris, John Robb, John Harris Robb, ROBB JOHN HARRIS OLIVER J T
• Assisted by: Oliver J. T. Harris (Editor), John Robb (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.09.2013
• EAN: 9780521195287
• ISBN: 978-0-521-19528-7
• Subject: Non-fiction book