Early modern bodies / edited by Sarah Toulalan.
| Other author | Toulalan, Sarah, editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Abingdon, UK ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2026. |
| Copyright Date | ©2026 |
| Description | xix, 673 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Early modern themes Early modern themes. |
| Contents | Introduction. Early Modern Bodies -- Approaches and Contexts / Sarah Toulalan -- THE STAGES OF LIFE. Introduction: Bodies and the stages of life / Sarah Toulalan -- Birth, Infancy, and Childhood / Hannah Newton -- The Perils and Promise of Puberty / Jennifer Evans and Victoria Sparey -- Adulthood: Marriage, Reproduction and Family / Elizabeth Foyster -- Adulthood: Single Lives / Tim Reinke-Williams -- Old Age / Amie Bolissian -- Death / Philip Schwyzer -- ENVIRONMENTS. Introduction: Environments / Sarah Toulalan -- Humankind and the Natural Environment / Sara Miglietti -- The Court / Jonathan Dewald -- The City / Jane Stevens Crawshaw -- Country Bodies, or Peeking into The Tax Collector's Office / Amanda L. Capern -- Distant Bodies: Depicting Europeans in Early Modern China / Yutong Li and He Bian -- CONTEXTS. Introduction: Contexts / Sarah Toulalan -- Confusions and Conflations: Sex, Gender, and Changing Notions of the Body / Katherine B. Crawford -- Social Rank: Plain Russet Coated Captains - the Social Semiotics of Rural Workers' Clothing, c.1500-1700 / Andrew Woo -- Race: The Early Modern English Case / Mark S. Dawson -- Religion / Anna French -- Politics / Benjamin Steiner -- Medicine / Alanna Skuse -- IDENTITIES. Introduction: Identities / Sarah Toulalan -- Humans / Andrew Wells -- Non-Christian 'Others' / Jacob Selwood -- Criminals / Marianna Muravyeva -- Prostitutes: Identifying the Whore / Kathryn Norberg -- The Body of the Witch / Jan Machielsen -- Rogues and Vagabonds / David Hitchcock -- Soldiers and Women Warriors / Julia Osman -- Sodomites and Mollies / David L. Orvis -- Sapphists and Tribades / Fernanda Molina, translated by Nick Rider. |
| Abstract | "Early Modern Bodies is a wide-ranging and detailed introduction to a variety of different approaches to and perspectives on bodies in the early modern period, circa 1500-1750. The collection guides readers through an examination of bodies at every stage of life, from birth to death and the afterlife, as they are situated in different social, cultural and geographical contexts. It considers the bodies of numerous potential identities, such as criminals, prostitutes, witches, soldiers, and non-conforming sexualities. Though its focus is primarily Western Europe, the volume also pays attention to the wider world, especially with respect to developing ideas about race and 'other' bodies in what has been dubbed an 'age of exploration.' Chapters are also dedicated to analysing what it was to be human, how humankind was considered in relation to the natural world, and how those adhering to non-Christian faiths were thought about. This book is an accessible, essential text for students and established scholars alike who are interested in the history of the body, early modern history, and gender and sexuality"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | ebook version : 9781351168908 |
| ISBN | 9780815347545 |
| ISBN | 9780815347521 hardback |
| ISBN | 0815347529 hardback |
| ISBN | 0815347545 paperback |
| ISBN | ePub ebook |
| ISBN | PDF ebook |