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Stand up straight! : a history of posture /

Our bodies change over time; posture is ambiguous in a number of cultural and disciplinary realms. Your posture can denote you as healthy or ill, elegant or slovenly, beautiful or ugly. Gilman examines the history and sociology of posture: how society views who we are and what we are able to do by h...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gilman, Sander L. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London, UK : Reaktion Books, 2018.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Our bodies change over time; posture is ambiguous in a number of cultural and disciplinary realms. Your posture can denote you as healthy or ill, elegant or slovenly, beautiful or ugly. Gilman examines the history and sociology of posture: how society views who we are and what we are able to do by how our bodies appear. -- adapted from jacket and preface.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (429 pages) : illustrations, portraits
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781780239644
1780239645