Publisher's Synopsis
Historical anthropology deals with human horizons of experience in their historical manifestations. She understands people as interpreting and acting beings and perceives them as a decisive factor for historical dynamics and the course of history. This research perspective runs through the volume as a guide and structures the epistemological interest of the contributions. On the basis of the topics of everyday life, body and emotions, the authors provide exemplary insights into the human being(s) in modern times, who are the focus here in the sense of cultural history in their peculiarity, complexity and dependence on nature, society and cultural tradition is moved. The thematic diversity - from women at sea, the fear of thunderstorms or the principles of the training of male obstetricians to body images in lists of thieves of the 18th century to the rejection of female doctors by male doctors - not only reflects the remarkable range of Eva Labouvie's research interests, to whom this book is dedicated on the occasion of his 65th birthday, but at the same time shows the diversity and connectivity of a modern historical science oriented towards cultural studies and gender history.
