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Thinking through the Body: Archaeologies of Corporeality
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Hardcover. What is the archaeology of the body and how can it change the way we experience the past? This book records and evaluates the emergence of this direction of cross-disciplinary research, and examines the potential of incorporating some of its insights into archaeology. Editor(s): Hamilakis, Yannis; Pluciennik, Mark; Tarlow, Sarah. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 266 x 187 x 22. Weight in Grams: 716.
This book is based on the Thinking through the Body workshop held at the University of Wales, Lampeter, in June 1998. We would like to thank the University of Wales, Lampeter, and in particular the Department of Archaeology for financial and other support; the student volunteers for their help in organizing the conference; and the participants for co-operating in preparing their papers for pre-circulation. An exhibition of works by contemporary artists dealing with the body was also held in conjunction with the academic conference and contributed greatly to the intellectual, aesthetic and social atmosphere. We would like to thank all ... Read more
This book is based on the Thinking through the Body workshop held at the University of Wales, Lampeter, in June 1998. We would like to thank the University of Wales, Lampeter, and in particular the Department of Archaeology for financial and other support; the student volunteers for their help in organizing the conference; and the participants for co-operating in preparing their papers for pre-circulation. An exhibition of works by contemporary artists dealing with the body was also held in conjunction with the academic conference and contributed greatly to the intellectual, aesthetic and social atmosphere. We would like to thank all ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Springer
Condition
New
Number of Pages
262
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780306466489
SKU
V9780306466489
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Ref
99-15
About N/A
Yannis Hamilakis is a lecturer at the Department of Archaeology, University of Southampton, UK; he researches and writes on the archaeology and anthropology of the senses and of the consuming body, the socio-politics of the past and prehistoric Greece. Mark Pluciennik is a lecturer at the Dept. of Archaeology, University of Wales Lampeter, UK, and has published extensively on archaeological ... Read more
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