The volume presents an in-depth, investigative study of a tightly-constructed set of crucial themes, including that of the female body as a governing trope in political and cultural discourses; the roles played by women and notions of womanhood in redefining traditions of ceremo…
What is Cultural History? has established itself as an essential guide to what cultural historians do and how they do it. In this fully updated second edition, leading historian Peter Burke offers afresh his accessible guide to the past, present and future of cultural history, a…
This exciting new introductory text offers an accessible guide to the past, present and future of cultural history, as it has been practised not only in the English-speaking world but in Continental Europe, Asia, South America and elsewhere. Burke begins by providing a discussio…
