Stand up straight! : a history of posture / Sander L. Gilman.
Gilman, Sander L., author.
2018
GN231 .G55 2018eb
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Title
Stand up straight! : a history of posture / Sander L. Gilman.
Author
Gilman, Sander L., author.
ISBN
9781780239644 (electronic book)
1780239645 (electronic book)
1780239246
9781780239248
Published
London, UK : Reaktion Books, 2018.
Copyright
©2018
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (429 pages) : illustrations
Call Number
GN231 .G55 2018eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
306.09
Summary
Our bodies change over time; posture is ambiguous in a number of cultural and disciplinary realms. Your posture can denote you as healthy or ill, elegant or slovenly, beautiful or ugly. Gilman examines the history and sociology of posture: how society views who we are and what we are able to do by how our bodies appear. -- adapted from jacket and preface.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Introduction: Posture beyond the workplace
Posture in the world of movement
Postures of the mind: theology and philosophy explain human posture
Chest out! Posture's military meanings
Medicine as therapy for an unhealthy posture
Dance and the social taming of posture
Education shapes a healthy and beautiful posture
Anthropology remakes posture: Lamarck, Darwin and beyond
'Natural posture': posture and race
'Political posturing': posture defines the good citizen
Contemporary posture and disability studies
Conclusion: Maps of moral posture.

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