Beyond the Gymnasium: Educating the Middle-Class Bodies in Classical Germany

by Heikki Lempa

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This book is the first systematic effort to examine the history of the body in modern Germany. By looking into medical dietetics, walking, dancing, gymnastics, cholera, and class rooms it reconstructs the ways the middle-class body became a source of political and social autonomy and a medium of social interaction.

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0739120905

ISBN13:9780739120903

Release Date:March 2007

Publisher:Lexington Books

Length:306 Pages

Weight:1.04 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.2" x 8.9"

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Education Education & Reference Health Health, Fitness & Dieting Health, Fitness & Dieting

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