Cultural history : a concise introduction / Alessandro Arcangeli.
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...
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| Other title: | Che cos'è la storia culturale. English |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English Italian |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2012.
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| Item Description: | "Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada"--Title page verso |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 131 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780203789247 0203789245 9781136621833 1136621830 1283462109 9781283462105 9786613462107 6613462101 |
| Language: | Translated from the Italian. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |