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One British Thing: A History of Embodiment: Ann Purvis, ca.1793–1849

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 January 2020

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Abstract

Taking a material culture approach to the body poses challenges to our research practices and approaches to studying past experience. This piece considers what can be learned from using human remains in the study of the British past, arguing that integrating the material body into our methods aligns well with historical emphasis on the constructed nature of the body.

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Journal of British Studies , Volume 59 , Issue 1 , January 2020 , pp. 136 - 139
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Copyright © The North American Conference on British Studies 2020

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9 See Hannah Wallace, “Ann Purvis (1793?–1849),” unpublished report for The Material Body; Karen Harvey, “The Material Body: History, Archaeology and Biography,” unpublished paper.