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Cultural history: a concise introduction  (2011)

Authors:
Arcangeli, Alessandro
Title:
Cultural history: a concise introduction
Year:
2011
Type of item:
Monografia o trattato scientifico
Tipologia ANVUR:
Monografia o trattato scientifico
Language:
Inglese
Format:
A Stampa
Publisher:
Routledge
ISBN:
9780203789247; 9780415667753; 9780415667760
Keyword:
social and cultural history; history theory and method; historiography
Short description of contents:
The expression ‘cultural history’ is generally used today to signal a particular approach to history, one which could be applied to any object, and is mainly concerned with the sense men and women from the past gave to the world they lived in. In this introduction to cultural history as a subdiscipline, the reader will find the key steps in the historical development of the field from 1850 to the present. It surveys different ways in which cultural history has been practised, exploring intellectual history, the history of ideas and concepts, of mentalities, of symbols and representations, and of languages and discourses. Cultural History also maps the territory cultural history most effectively enlightens: gender; the family and sexuality; the body; senses and emotions and images; material culture and consumption; the media and communication. Lastly, it includes an appendix of biographies of a number of influential cultural historians. This concise and accessible introduction will be an essential volume for any university student studying cultural history.
Note:
'A lucid, balanced, perceptive, wide-ranging and up-to-date account of the state of an exciting field of study' Peter Burke, Emeritus Professor of Cultural History, University of Cambridge, UK
Product ID:
63370
Handle IRIS:
11562/369198
Deposited On:
August 20, 2012
Last Modified:
November 1, 2022
Bibliographic citation:
Arcangeli, Alessandro, Cultural history: a concise introductionRoutledge2011

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