Embodied Experiences of Making in Early Modern Europe

Bodies, Gender, and Material Culture

Serena Dyer editor Sarah Bendall editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Amsterdam University Press

Publishing:13th Dec '24

£113.00

This title is due to be published on 13th December, and will be despatched as soon as possible.

Embodied Experiences of Making in Early Modern Europe cover

Processes of making in early modern Europe were both tacit and embodied. Whether making pottery, food, or textiles, the processes of manual production rested on an intersensory connection between mind, body, and object. This volume focuses on the body of the maker to ask how processes of making, experimenting, experiencing, and reconstructing illuminate early modern assumptions and understandings around manual labour and material life. Answers can be gleaned through both recapturing past skills and knowledge of making and by reconstructing past bodies and bodily experiences using recreative and experimental approaches.
In drawing attention to the body, this collection underlines the importance of embodied knowledge and sensory experiences associated with the making practices of historically marginalised groups, such as craftspeople, women, and those who were colonised, to confront biases in the written archive. The history of making is found not only in the technological and economic innovations which drove ‘progress’ but also in the hands, minds, and creations of makers themselves.

ISBN: 9789463722698

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228 pages