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Stand up Straight! : A History of Posture.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Reaktion Books, Limited, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (433 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781780239644
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Stand up Straight!DDC classification:
  • 612.76
LOC classification:
  • GN231
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Stand up Straight!: A History of Posture -- Imprint Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Posture Beyond the Workplace -- 1. Posture in the World of Movement -- 2. Postures of the Mind: Theology and Philosophy Explain Human Posture -- 3. Chest Out! Posture's Military Meanings -- 4. Medicine as Therapy for an Unhealthy Posture -- 5. Dance and the Social Taming of Posture -- 6. Education Shapes a Healthy and Beautiful Posture -- 7. Anthropology Remakes Posture: Lamarck, Darwin and Beyond -- 8. 'Natural Posture': Posture and Race -- 9. 'Political Posturing': Posture Defines the Good Citizen -- 10. Contemporary Posture and Disability Studies -- Conclusion: Maps of Moral Posture -- References -- Acknowledgements -- Photo Acknowledgements -- Index.
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Cover -- Stand up Straight!: A History of Posture -- Imprint Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Posture Beyond the Workplace -- 1. Posture in the World of Movement -- 2. Postures of the Mind: Theology and Philosophy Explain Human Posture -- 3. Chest Out! Posture's Military Meanings -- 4. Medicine as Therapy for an Unhealthy Posture -- 5. Dance and the Social Taming of Posture -- 6. Education Shapes a Healthy and Beautiful Posture -- 7. Anthropology Remakes Posture: Lamarck, Darwin and Beyond -- 8. 'Natural Posture': Posture and Race -- 9. 'Political Posturing': Posture Defines the Good Citizen -- 10. Contemporary Posture and Disability Studies -- Conclusion: Maps of Moral Posture -- References -- Acknowledgements -- Photo Acknowledgements -- Index.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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