Embodied Labour : Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Work's Cultural Heritage in Modern Europe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kurkowska-Budzan, Marta.

Contributor:

Galasińska, Aleksandra.

Series:

Routledge Studies in Cultural History Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Manual work--Europe--History.

Manual work.

Genre:

Essays

Physical Description:

1 online resource (203 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2026.

Summary:

In a world where physical labour seems to disappear from dominant public narratives, Embodied Labour offers an in-depth, interdisciplinary analysis of the bodily experiences of work and their significance as elements of European cultural heritage.

Contents:

Introduction / Marta Kurkowska-Budzan and Aleksandra Galasińska

1. Landscape, Urban Gardening, and Aesthetics / Mateusz Salwa

2. Landscapes of labour. Laboured landscapes / Anu Printsmann

3. Scars of Labour: Everyday Injuries and Traditions of Healing in Foundries and Ironworks / Kirsi Salmi-Niklander

4. Brutally Forcing Them to Work Safely: A Vignette of Occupational Health and Safety at a Polish Hard Coal Mine in the 1960s / Grace Simpson

5. Mining in the Ironbridge Area of North Shropshire: Preservation of Memory and Language in a Post-Industrial Society / Esther Asprey and Aleksandra Galasińska

6. Wodensbyri Tea Break / Robert M. Francis

7. Women's Work in Mining: Narratives of Labour, Identity and Recognition / Marta Kurkowska-Budzan and Jakub Muchowski

8. Lost in Translation: Representations and Misinterpretations of Sensory Sensations at Norwegian Ironworks, 1750–1950 / Frank Mayer

9. Effort, Effect and the Assessment of Labour Bodies: Representations of Labour in State Agricultural Farms in Poland / Katarzyna Maniak

10. Dwelling Through Labour: Contribution to the Embodied History of State Farms in Socialist Poland / Justyna Szklarczyk

11. Behind Representation: Possibilities and Constraints of Displaying Corporeal Experience in Museums / Monica Favara

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-04-065223-9

1-04-059779-3

1-003-63987-9

9781003639879

OCLC:

1546964099

Publisher Number:

CIPO000291428