In the modern age

Author(s)

• Crozier, Ivan

Bibliographic Information

In the modern age

edited by Ivan Crozier

（A cultural history of the human body / general editors, Linda Kalof and William Bynum, v. 6）

Berg, 2010

English ed

Other Title

A cultural history of the human body in the modern age

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-338) and index

Contents of Works

• Introduction : bodies in history--the task of the historian / Ivan Crozier
• Death and birth / Malcolm Nicolson
• Performing the Western sexual body after 1920 / Ivan Crozier
• The technological fix and the modern body : surgery as a paradigmatic case / Thomas Schlich
• Diseased bodies in the modern world / Anna Croziers
• Popular beliefs / Dan O'Connor
• Beauty and concepts of the ideal / Christopher E. Forth
• Re-markable bodies / Anna Cole and Anna Haebich
• Body marks (bestial/divine/natural) : an essay into the social and biotechnological imaginaries, 1920-2005 and bodies to come / Michael M.J. Fischer
• Dissolution, reconstruction, and reaction in visual art, 1920 to the present / Ana Carden-Coyne
• The history of the body : self and society, 1920-2000 / D.M. Vyleta

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The human body was revolutionized in the 20th century. Developments in politics, sexuality, technology, and culture all acted to reshape our understanding of our bodies. The human body in the 21st century is less fixed than ever before with some theorists now even anticipating the post-human body. Diverse factors have impacted on both the real and the imagined body, including war, contraception, medicine, feminism, gay aesthetics, the rise of celebrity culture, totalitarian political regimes, fashion, AIDS, communication technologies and cosmetic surgery. A Cultural History of the Human Body in the Modern Age presents an overview of the period with essays on the centrality of the human body in birth and death, health and disease, sexuality, beauty and concepts of the ideal, bodies marked by gender, race, class and disease, cultural representations and popular beliefs, and self and society.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Bodies in History-The Task of the Historian Ivan Crozier (University of Edinburgh, UK) 1 Death and Birth Malcolm Nicolson (University of Glasgow, UK) 2 Performing the Western Sexual Body after 1920 Ivan Crozier (University of Edinburgh, UK) 3 The Technological Fix and the Modern Body: Surgery as a Paradigmatic Case Thomas Schlich (McGill University, Canada) 4 Diseased Bodies in the Modern World Anna Crozier (University of Exeter, UK) 5 Popular Beliefs Dan O'Connor (Johns Hopkins University, USA) 6 Beauty and Concepts of the Ideal Christopher E. Forth (University of Kansas, USA) 7 Re-markable Bodies Anna Cole (University of London, UK) and Anna Haebich (Griffith University, Australia) 8 Body Marks (Bestial/Divine/Natural): An Essay into the Social and Biotechnological Imaginaries, 1920-2005 and Bodies to Come Michael M. J. Fischer (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA) 9 Dissolution, Reconstruction, and Reaction in Visual Art, 1920 to the Present Ana Carden-Coyne (University of Manchester, UK) 10 The History of the Body: Self and Society, 1920-2000 D. M. Vyleta (Independent scholar, USA) Notes Bibliography Contributors Index

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Details

• NCID: BB03291432
• ISBN:
  • 9781847887931
• LCCN: 2010502609
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Oxford, UK
• Pages/Volumes: ix, 349 p.
• Size: 26 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HM636
  • NLM : HM 636
  • DC22 : 306.4
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Human body -- Social aspects
  • LCSH : Human body in popular culture
  • MESH : Human Body
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BB03288857