Gilman, Sander L., <br/><br/>
Stand up straight! :  a history of posture / 
Sander L. Gilman. 
 - 429 pages :  illustrations ;  25 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: Posture beyond the workplace -- Posture in the world of movement -- Postures of the mind: theology and philosophy explain human posture -- Chest out! Posture's military meanings -- Medicine as therapy for an unhealthy posture -- Dance and the social taming of posture -- Education shapes a healthy and beautiful posture -- Anthropology remakes posture: Lamarck, Darwin and beyond -- 'Natural posture': posture and race -- 'Political posturing': posture defines the good citizen -- Contemporary posture and disability studies -- Conclusion: Maps of moral posture. 
<br/><br/> Our bodies change over time; posture is ambiguous in a number of cultural and disciplinary realms. Your posture can denote you as healthy or ill, elegant or slovenly, beautiful or ugly. Gilman examines the history and sociology of posture: how society views who we are and what we are able to do by how our bodies appear. -- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781780239248 1780239246 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2018404286 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Posture--History.<br/>Posture--Social aspects.<br/>Human body--Social aspects.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GN231  / .G55 2018 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>306.09 305.9083