Lexington Books
Pages: 306
Trim: 6 x 9
978-0-7391-2089-7 • Hardback • March 2007 • $128.00 • (£98.00)
978-0-7391-2090-3 • Paperback • March 2007 • $59.99 • (£46.00)
Heikki Lempa is assistant professor of Modern European History at Moravian College.
Chapter 1 Introduction
Part 1 Quest For Bodily Autonomy
Chapter 3 Dietetics
Chapter 4 Restoring the Balance
Part 5 Practices of Bodily Education
Chapter 6 Gymnastics
Chapter 7 Dance
Chapter 8 Walking
Part 9 The Crises of the 1830s
Chapter 10 Cholera
Chapter 11 The Überbürdung Debate and Gymnasium
Part 12 Conclusion
Heikki Lempa provides a close and detailed analysis of the rise of dietetics as an intellectual and social enterprise that affected many bodies in late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth century Germany in heterodox and heterogenous ways. Lempa's eye for historical detail and close reading aid the project tremendously, making Beyond the Gymnasium a very good resource for historians of the more empirical persuasion.
— German Studies Review, October 2009
Laban's work is a vivid example of the radically liberal yet religious dynamic that characterizes Lempa's discussion of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century dietetics
— Dance Research Journal, Winter 2010