A study of the body and its practices tells an important story about the formation of the German educated middle class during the first half of the 19th century, says Lempa (modern European history, M
This book traces Moravian communal and educational practices and the techniques of the self. The focus is not a nation-state but a community that was cosmopolitan by the very standards of the eighteen
Masculinity, Senses, Spirit brings together current work by leading scholars in the fields of gender studies, religion, history, and cultural studies to examine the complex interrelationship between g