Born again bodies [[electronic resource] ] : flesh and spirit in American Christianity / / R. Marie Griffith |
Autore | Griffith R. Marie (Ruth Marie), <1967-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (338 p.) |
Disciplina | 233/.5 |
Collana | California studies in food and culture |
Soggetto topico |
Human body - Religious aspects - Christianity - History of doctrines
Human body - Social aspects - United States - History Protestantism - United States - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
9786612763076
0-520-93811-9 1-282-76307-5 1-59734-507-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- A Note on Reading the Images -- 1. Gluttons for Regimen -- 2. Sculptors of Our Own Exterior -- 3. Minding the Body -- 4. Pray the Weight Away -- 5. "Don't Eat That" -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Primary Source Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450454703321 |
Griffith R. Marie (Ruth Marie), <1967-> | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Born again bodies [[electronic resource] ] : flesh and spirit in American Christianity / / R. Marie Griffith |
Autore | Griffith R. Marie (Ruth Marie), <1967-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (338 p.) |
Disciplina | 233/.5 |
Collana | California studies in food and culture |
Soggetto topico |
Human body - Religious aspects - Christianity - History of doctrines
Human body - Social aspects - United States - History Protestantism - United States - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
america
american history beauty ideals bigotry born again christians christian dieting christian fitness christianity diet and nutrition diet culture diet history diet literature diet preachers diet programs fitness programs food and culture nonfiction survey nonfiction obesity overweight populations physical anthropology religious movements religious perspectives sociology spiritual connections spirituality theoretical approach united states |
ISBN |
9786612763076
0-520-93811-9 1-282-76307-5 1-59734-507-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- A Note on Reading the Images -- 1. Gluttons for Regimen -- 2. Sculptors of Our Own Exterior -- 3. Minding the Body -- 4. Pray the Weight Away -- 5. "Don't Eat That" -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Primary Source Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783386703321 |
Griffith R. Marie (Ruth Marie), <1967-> | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Born again bodies : flesh and spirit in American Christianity / / R. Marie Griffith |
Autore | Griffith R. Marie (Ruth Marie), <1967-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (338 p.) |
Disciplina | 233/.5 |
Collana | California studies in food and culture |
Soggetto topico |
Human body - Religious aspects - Christianity - History of doctrines
Human body - Social aspects - United States - History Protestantism - United States - History |
ISBN |
9786612763076
0-520-93811-9 1-282-76307-5 1-59734-507-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- A Note on Reading the Images -- 1. Gluttons for Regimen -- 2. Sculptors of Our Own Exterior -- 3. Minding the Body -- 4. Pray the Weight Away -- 5. "Don't Eat That" -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Primary Source Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816780803321 |
Griffith R. Marie (Ruth Marie), <1967-> | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Embodiment of a nation [[electronic resource] ] : human form in American places / / Cecelia Tichi |
Autore | Tichi Cecelia <1942-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2001 |
Descrizione fisica | xii, 303 p |
Disciplina | 973 |
Soggetto topico |
National characteristics, American
Human body - Social aspects - United States - History Anthropomorphism Landscapes - United States - Psychological aspects - History Landscapes - Social aspects - United States - History Historic sites - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-674-04435-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I Crania Americana -- 1 Mt. Rushmore: Heads of State and States of Heads -- 2 Walden Pond: Head Trips -- II Frontier Incarnations -- 3 Pittsburgh at Yellowstone: Old Faithful and the Pulse of Industrial America -- 4 America’s Moon: “A Dream of the Future’s Face” -- III Bon Aqua -- 5 Hot Springs: American Hygeia -- 6 Love Canal: Hygeia’s Crisis -- Notes -- References -- Credits -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910459888303321 |
Tichi Cecelia <1942-> | ||
Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2001 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Embodiment of a nation [[electronic resource] ] : human form in American places / / Cecelia Tichi |
Autore | Tichi Cecelia <1942-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2001 |
Descrizione fisica | xii, 303 p |
Disciplina | 973 |
Soggetto topico |
National characteristics, American
Human body - Social aspects - United States - History Anthropomorphism Landscapes - United States - Psychological aspects - History Landscapes - Social aspects - United States - History Historic sites - United States |
ISBN | 0-674-04435-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I Crania Americana -- 1 Mt. Rushmore: Heads of State and States of Heads -- 2 Walden Pond: Head Trips -- II Frontier Incarnations -- 3 Pittsburgh at Yellowstone: Old Faithful and the Pulse of Industrial America -- 4 America’s Moon: “A Dream of the Future’s Face” -- III Bon Aqua -- 5 Hot Springs: American Hygeia -- 6 Love Canal: Hygeia’s Crisis -- Notes -- References -- Credits -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785007903321 |
Tichi Cecelia <1942-> | ||
Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2001 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Embodiment of a nation : human form in American places / / Cecelia Tichi |
Autore | Tichi Cecelia <1942-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2001 |
Descrizione fisica | xii, 303 p |
Disciplina | 973 |
Soggetto topico |
National characteristics, American
Human body - Social aspects - United States - History Anthropomorphism Landscapes - United States - Psychological aspects - History Landscapes - Social aspects - United States - History Historic sites - United States |
ISBN | 0-674-04435-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I Crania Americana -- 1 Mt. Rushmore: Heads of State and States of Heads -- 2 Walden Pond: Head Trips -- II Frontier Incarnations -- 3 Pittsburgh at Yellowstone: Old Faithful and the Pulse of Industrial America -- 4 America’s Moon: “A Dream of the Future’s Face” -- III Bon Aqua -- 5 Hot Springs: American Hygeia -- 6 Love Canal: Hygeia’s Crisis -- Notes -- References -- Credits -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821332503321 |
Tichi Cecelia <1942-> | ||
Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2001 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Plucked : A History of Hair Removal / / Rebecca M. Herzig |
Autore | Herzig Rebecca M. <1971-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY : , : New York University Press, , [2015] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (297 p.) |
Disciplina | 617.4779 |
Collana | Biopolitics: medicine, technoscience and health in the 21st century |
Soggetto topico |
Attitude
Beauty, Personal Social Norms - history Hair Removal - history Human body - Social aspects - United States - History Body hair - Social aspects - United States - History Hair - Social aspects - United States - History Hair - Removal - United States - History |
Soggetto genere / forma |
History
Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-4798-4025-4
1-4798-3065-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: Necessary suffering -- The hairless Indian : savagery and civility before the Civil War -- "Chemicals of the toilette" : from homemade remedies to a new industrial order -- Bearded women and dog-faced men : Darwin's great denudation -- "Smooth, white, velvety skin" : x-ray salons and social mobility -- Glandular trouble : sex hormones and deviant hair growth -- Unshaven : "arm-pit feminists" and women's liberation -- "Cleaning the basement" : labor, pornography, and Brazilian waxing -- Magic bullets : laser regulation and elective medicine -- "The next frontier" : genetic enhancement and the end of hair -- Conclusion: We are all plucked. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910480155003321 |
Herzig Rebecca M. <1971-> | ||
New York, NY : , : New York University Press, , [2015] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Plucked : a history of hair removal / / Rebecca M. Herzig |
Autore | Herzig Rebecca M. <1971-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : New York University Press, , [2015] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (vii, 287 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 617.4779 |
Collana | Biopolitics: medicine, technoscience and health in the 21st century |
Soggetto topico |
Human body - Social aspects - United States - History
Body hair - Social aspects - United States - History Hair - Social aspects - United States - History Hair - Removal - United States - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | History |
ISBN |
1-4798-4025-4
1-4798-3065-8 |
Classificazione | SOC026000SOC028000SOC032000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: Necessary suffering -- The hairless Indian : savagery and civility before the Civil War -- "Chemicals of the toilette" : from homemade remedies to a new industrial order -- Bearded women and dog-faced men : Darwin's great denudation -- "Smooth, white, velvety skin" : x-ray salons and social mobility -- Glandular trouble : sex hormones and deviant hair growth -- Unshaven : "arm-pit feminists" and women's liberation -- "Cleaning the basement" : labor, pornography, and Brazilian waxing -- Magic bullets : laser regulation and elective medicine -- "The next frontier" : genetic enhancement and the end of hair -- Conclusion: We are all plucked. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787101703321 |
Herzig Rebecca M. <1971-> | ||
New York : , : New York University Press, , [2015] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Plucked : a history of hair removal / / Rebecca M. Herzig |
Autore | Herzig Rebecca M. <1971-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : New York University Press, , [2015] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (vii, 287 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 617.4779 |
Collana | Biopolitics: medicine, technoscience and health in the 21st century |
Soggetto topico |
Human body - Social aspects - United States - History
Body hair - Social aspects - United States - History Hair - Social aspects - United States - History Hair - Removal - United States - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | History |
ISBN |
1-4798-4025-4
1-4798-3065-8 |
Classificazione | SOC026000SOC028000SOC032000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: Necessary suffering -- The hairless Indian : savagery and civility before the Civil War -- "Chemicals of the toilette" : from homemade remedies to a new industrial order -- Bearded women and dog-faced men : Darwin's great denudation -- "Smooth, white, velvety skin" : x-ray salons and social mobility -- Glandular trouble : sex hormones and deviant hair growth -- Unshaven : "arm-pit feminists" and women's liberation -- "Cleaning the basement" : labor, pornography, and Brazilian waxing -- Magic bullets : laser regulation and elective medicine -- "The next frontier" : genetic enhancement and the end of hair -- Conclusion: We are all plucked. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910808310303321 |
Herzig Rebecca M. <1971-> | ||
New York : , : New York University Press, , [2015] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Technology and the logic of American racism [[electronic resource] ] : a cultural history of the body as evidence / / Sarah E. Chinn |
Autore | Chinn Sarah E |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York, : Continuum, 2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (252 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.8/00973 |
Collana | Critical research in material culture |
Soggetto topico |
Race awareness - United States - History
Racism - United States - History Human body - Social aspects - United States - History Human body - Symbolic aspects - United States - History African Americans - Legal status, laws, etc - History Technology - Social aspects - United States - History Race awareness in literature African Americans in literature |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-281-29806-9
9786611298067 1-84714-357-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Series foreword; Acknowledgments; Preface; 1 Theorizing the body as evidence; 2 A show of hands: establishing identity in Mark Twain's The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson; 3 Fixing identity: reading skin, seeing race; 4 ""Liberty's life stream"": blood, race, and citizenship in World War II; 5 Reading the ""Book of Life"": DNA and the meanings of identity; Epilogue: future bodies, present selves; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451247903321 |
Chinn Sarah E | ||
London ; ; New York, : Continuum, 2000 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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