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The New Cultural History
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Description for The New Cultural History
Paperback. Suitable for students, teachers, and general readers interested in the future of history, this book includes such topics as diverse as parades in 19th-century America, 16th-century Spanish texts, English medical writing, and the visual practices implied in Italian Renaissance frescoes. Editor(s): Hunt, Lynn. Series: Studies on the History of Society & Culture. Num Pages: 244 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBAH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
Across the humanities and the social sciences, disciplinary boundaries have come into question as scholars have acknowledged their common preoccupations with cultural phenomena ranging from rituals and ceremonies to texts and discourse. Literary critics, for example, have turned to history for a deepening of their notion of cultural products; some of them now read historical documents in the same way that they previously read 'great' texts. Anthropologists have turned to the history of their own discipline in order to better understand the ways in which disciplinary authority was constructed. As historians have begun to participate in this ferment, they have ... Read more
Across the humanities and the social sciences, disciplinary boundaries have come into question as scholars have acknowledged their common preoccupations with cultural phenomena ranging from rituals and ceremonies to texts and discourse. Literary critics, for example, have turned to history for a deepening of their notion of cultural products; some of them now read historical documents in the same way that they previously read 'great' texts. Anthropologists have turned to the history of their own discipline in order to better understand the ways in which disciplinary authority was constructed. As historians have begun to participate in this ferment, they have ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
244
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Series
Studies on the History of Society & Culture
Condition
New
Weight
373g
Number of Pages
244
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520064294
SKU
V9780520064294
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About Paperback
Lynn Hunt is Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania.
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