Cover
Stand up Straight!: A History of Posture
Imprint Page
Contents
Preface
Introduction: Posture Beyond the Workplace
1. Posture in the World of Movement
2. Postures of the Mind: Theology and Philosophy Explain Human Posture
3. Chest Out! Posture’s Military Meanings
4. Medicine as Therapy for an Unhealthy Posture
5. Dance and the Social Taming of Posture
6. Education Shapes a Healthy and Beautiful Posture
7. Anthropology Remakes Posture: Lamarck, Darwin and Beyond
8. ‘Natural Posture’: Posture and Race
9. ‘Political Posturing’: Posture Defines the Good Citizen
10. Contemporary Posture and Disability Studies
Conclusion: Maps of Moral Posture
References
Acknowledgements
Photo Acknowledgements
Index