Sökning: "history of the body"

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  1. 1. Tools of the Trade : Medical Devices and Practice in Sweden and Denmark, 1855-1897

    Författare :Kristin Halverson; Peter Josephson; Leif Runefelt; Thomas Kaiserfeld; Södertörns högskola; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; history of medicine; medical devices; nineteenth century medicine; medical technologies; Swedish history of medicine; Danish history of medicine; medicinhistoria; medicinska instrument; 1800tals medicinhistoria; medicinska teknologier; svensk medicinhistoria; dansk medicinhistoria; Historical Studies; Historiska studier; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning; Baltic and East European studies;

    Sammanfattning : Nineteenth-century medicine is characterised by rapid technological change, new methods of diagnostics and treatments of disease, far-reaching developments in medical science, and professionalisation. This has led to great interest in the period and a large body of scholarly and popular research. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Stoutwear and the Discourses of Disorder : Constructing the Fat, Female Body in American Fashion in the Age of Standardization, 1915-1930

    Författare :Lauren Downing Peters; Klas Nyberg; Caroline Evans; Hazel Clark; Andrea Kollnitz; Reina Lewis; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; American history; consumer culture; cultural history; design; discourse; dress history; fashion; fashion history; fashion magazines; fat; identity; Michel Foucault; modernism; modernity; plus-size; self-fashioning; technology; the body; women; modevetenskap; Fashion Studies;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation examines how fashion media discourses created the conditions through which the fat, female body was both known and constructed within the context of the early large-size garment industry in the United States, or what between the years 1915 and 1930 was known as “stoutwear.” Drawing on a wide array of media sources, including women’s and fashion magazines, trade journals, catalogs and style guides, and employing Michel Foucault’s archaeological method, the dissertation examines the productive nature of fashion discourse in the construction and constitution of the fleshy body, or how the discourses of stoutwear brought order to the disorderly, fat, female body. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Kroppens bildning : Linggymnastikens manlighetsprojekt 1790-1914

    Författare :Jens Ljunggren; Anders Ekström; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; historia; History;

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  5. 4. Samvetets röst : Om mötet mellan luthersk ortodoxi och konservativ pietism i 1720-talets Sverige

    Författare :Carola Nordbäck; Daniel Lindmark; Ingrid Markussen; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History; Sweden; 18th century; Pietism; Lutheran orthodoxy; natural law; protestantism; confessionalism; secularization; early modern; christianization; view of man; concept of society; religious rhetoric; theological conflict; freedom of conscience; religious tolerance; Historia; History subjects; Historieämnen; historia; History;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation deals with the encounter between Lutheran orthodoxy and conservative pietism 1720–1730. The aim has been to compare their views on society and man.In the pietistic conflict, orthodoxy gave rise to attitudes which proved to be key to its view on society and man. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Blod, kött och tårar : Kroppslig erfarenhet i Sverige, ca 1600–1750

    Författare :Anton Runesson; Karin Sennefelt; Jonas Lindström; Anna Nilsson Hammar; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; history of the body; history of physiology; sensory history; history of illness; religious experience; early modern Sweden; historia; History;

    Sammanfattning : The study investigates how ordinary people in Sweden understood the body to function between c. 1600-1750, aiming thereby to enhance our understanding of everyday life during this period. LÄS MER