Osamu Hattori Livres

This compilation seeks to explore the ways in which perceptions of the body within society, culture, and nature changed throughout the period from the end of the 18th century through the 19th century through the examination of concrete historical objects in the form of "manuals". The ultimate goal of this project is to shed light on the nature of the fundamental problems within the social constructs in which our present bodies exist.

This volume contains papers of the 2. Joint Workshop of Doshisha University and Tuebingen University on Transcultural Studies, held in November 2009. The contributions look at Japan and Germany, at the exchange of ideas and cultural forms, at their mutual influence and independent development in the age of globalization from different disciplines and perspectives.