The aim of this book is to explorethe bodyin various historical contexts and to take it as a point of departure for broader historiographical projects. The chapters in the volume present the ways in whichthe bodyconstitutes a valuable and productive object of historical analysis, especially as a lens through which to trace histories of social, political, and cultural phenomena and processes. More specifically, the authors usethe bodyas a tool for critical re-examination of particular histories of human experience, and of societal and cultural practices, thus contributing to the burgeoning area of body history in terms of both specific case studies as well as historiography in general. | The Body in History Culture and the Arts by Justyna Jajszczok, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters