Ed. Peter-Paul Bänziger and Marcel Streng on behalf of the Arbeitskreis für Körpergeschichte

Deadline: June 30, 2014

The projected peer reviewed edited volume addresses a variety of questions at the intersection of economic, material, and body history. Drawing on new research in these fields, it aims at highlighting the material dimension of economic processes and reassessing the emergence of productive bodies since the 17th century. The renaissance of heterodox approaches in economic history over the course of the last two decades has significantly enlarged the scope of this field. This trend mainly benefits from the cultural and social sciences and has fostered research on phenomena that cut across the classic schemes of both labor division (production, distribution, consumption) and the economic spheres (services, industry, and agriculture). Weiterlesen … (PDF)