Introduction
1. Body, Mind and Self: Historical Perspectives
2. The Modern Body, Discipline, and Agency
3. The Social Construction of Body and Disease
4. The Body, Gender and Sexuality
5. Experiencing the Body
6. Materialist Approaches to the Body
Conclusion.
Willemijn Ruberg is Associate Professor in Cultural History at Utrecht University, The Netherlands. She has published extensively on the history of the body, emotion, gender, knowledge and forensic medicine. She is currently leading the research project ‘Forensic Culture: A Comparative Analysis of Forensic Practices in Europe, 1930-2000’, funded by an ERC Consolidator Grant (2018-2023).
In History of the Body, Willemijn Ruberg provides an accessible,
clearly written overview of the key concepts relating to the
history of the body. This book will become an invaluable resource
for students and academics alike.
*Ian Miller, Ulster University, UK*
Willemijn Ruberg’s overview of the history of the body is
comprehensive, conceptually astute, and, most importantly, useful.
Cogently surveying how body history has been theorized and
practiced, her concise account elegantly tracks the past of the
field while charting its present and potential futures. Essential
reading for those seeking solid grounding in the subject.
*Christopher E. Forth, University of Kansas, USA*
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