Beyond the gymnasium; educating the middle-class bodies in classical Germany.9780739120903 Beyond the gymnasium; educating the middle-class bodies in classical Germany. Lempa, Heikki. Lexington Books 2007 292 pages $38.95 Paperback GV251 A study of the body and its practices tells an important story about the formation of the German educated middle class during the first half of the 19th century, says Lempa (modern European history, Moravian College Moravian College & Theological Seminary History The College traces its roots to the Bethlehem Female Seminary, which was founded in Germantown, Pennsylvania by Benigna, Countess von Zinzendorf in 1742 and is the oldest institution of higher education for women in the United ), and this story is about anachronistic a·nach·ro·nism n. 1. The representation of someone as existing or something as happening in other than chronological, proper, or historical order. 2. modernization modernization Transformation of a society from a rural and agrarian condition to a secular, urban, and industrial one. It is closely linked with industrialization. As societies modernize, the individual becomes increasingly important, gradually replacing the family, in which social practices and intellectual vocabularies were accommodated to changing socio-economic and political conditions. She shows how the effort to change social conduct and decorum DECORUM. Proper behaviour; good order. 2. Decorum is requisite in public places, in order to permit all persons to enjoy their rights; for example, decorum is indispensable in church, to enable those assembled, to worship. was combined with a reliance on old models and conceptualizations of the body. ([c]20072005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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