第一章　序論～在1920年代，Paul Schilder開啟了心理學以及社會學界對於「身體意象」（body image）的興趣；Paul Schilder可以稱為以心理學以及社會學的觀點來研究身體意象的始祖。在Schilder之前，對於身體意象的研究，大多著重於個體因腦傷而產生的身體知覺扭曲現象。Schilder在進行身體意象的研究過程中，廣泛地採用心理學以及社會學的理論架構，來探索個體對於自己身體的覺察與體驗。在《人體的意象與外觀》（The image and appearance of the human body）（1950）一書中，他認為身體意象不只是一種認知架構，還包括他人的態度以及與他人的互動。他也特別注意身體意象的本質，其中包括影響體型知覺變動的原因，過輕與過重的感覺以及身體意象對於人際互動的影響。對於身體意象這個概念，他定義為：個體心...(展开全部)

First published in 1988, Peter Brown's The Body and Society was a groundbreaking study of the marriage and sexual practices of early Christians in the ancient Mediterranean and Near East. Brown focuses on the practice of permanent sexual renunciation-continence, celibacy, and lifelong virginity-in Christian circles from the first to the fifth centuries A.D. and traces early Ch...(展开全部)

First published in 1988, Peter Brown's The Body and Society was a groundbreaking study of the marriage and sexual practices of early Christians in the ancient Mediterranean and Near East. Brown focuses on the practice of permanent sexual renunciation-continence, celibacy, and lifelong virginity-in Christian circles from the first to the fifth centuries A.D. and traces early Ch...(展开全部)

In his monumental book Peter Brown addresses the practice of permanent sexual renunciation - continence, celibacy, and life-long virginity - that developed in Christian circles from the first to the fifth centuries A.D. Brown vividly describes the early Christians and their strange, disturbing preoccupations. He follows in detail the reflection and controversy these notions gen...(展开全部)

The understanding and interpretation of ancient architecture, landscapes, and art has always been viewed through an iconographic lens―a cognitive process based on traditional practices in art history. But ancient people did not ascribe their visions on canvas, rather on hills, stones, and fields. Thus, Chris Tilley argues, the iconographic approach falls short of understanding ...(展开全部)

For the first time, this volume brings to the study of China the theoretical concerns and methods of contemporary critical cultural studies. Written by historians, art historians, anthropologists, and literary critics who came of age after the People's Republic resumed scholarly ties with the United States, these essays yield valuable new insights not only for China studies but...(展开全部)

For the first time, this volume brings to the study of China the theoretical concerns and methods of contemporary critical cultural studies. Written by historians, art historians, anthropologists, and literary critics who came of age after the People's Republic resumed scholarly ties with the United States, these essays yield valuable new insights not only for China studies but...(展开全部)

Caliban and the Witch is a history of the body in the transition to capitalism. Moving from the peasant revolts of the late Middle Ages to the witch hunts and the rise of mechanical philosophy, Federici investigates the capitalist rationalization of social reproduction. She shows how the struggle against the rebel body and the conflict between body and mind are essential condit...(展开全部)

A cult classic since its publication in the early years of this century, Caliban and the Witch is Silvia Federici's history of the body in the transition to capitalism. Moving from the peasant revolts of the late Middle Ages through the European witch-hunts, the rise of scientific rationalism and the colonisation of the Americas, it gives a panoramic account of the often horrif...(展开全部)