Cultural History and Body History in German Ancient History



Document title: Cultural History and Body History in German Ancient History
Journal: Historia da historiografia
Database: CLASE
System number: 000419769
ISSN: 1983-9928
Authors: 1
Institutions: 1Humboldt University of Berlin, Department of History, Berlín. Alemania
Year:
Season: Abr
Number: 14
Pages: 116-130
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Histórico, analítico
English abstract This article aims to explain the idiosyncrasies of cultural history as practiced in Germany – or rather the German-speaking world – and to draw attention to some recent developments within the context of this new cultural history among German ancient historians in the specialized field of the history of the body. Several trends of cultural history are discussed. First, historians have been influenced by the history of everyday life, which focuses on small units and different aspects of ordinary life rather than large superstructures of society. Another trend is the growing interest of German historians in methods and theories derived from cultural anthropology. A third trend is the growing interest in feminist history and especially in the construction of gender roles. A special case in this rather broad field of cultural history is the history of the body. To a certain extent, this specialized area of history exemplifies all the problems and opportunities of cultural history
Disciplines: Historia,
Antropología,
Medicina
Keyword: Historia social,
Etnología y antropología social,
Antropología de la cultura,
Anatomía humana,
Fisiología humana,
Alemania,
Historia cultural,
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