ABOUT BOOK

This book began life with the inaugural conference of the international ~research project ‘The healthy self as body capital: Individuals, market-based ~societies, body politics and visual media in the twentieth century Europe’, ~held in Strasbourg from 23 to 25 February 2017. The editors would like to ~thank all participants for their stimulating input during this outstanding ~event. The presentations and discussions influenced this book in many ways. ~The research project and the book are funded by the European Research ~Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and ~innovation programme (grant agreement No. 694817) and receive significant ~support from the University of Strasbourg, the Research Unit SAGE (UMR ~7363), and the Max Planck Institute for Human Development Berlin (Center ~for the History of Emotions). We owe gratitude to Tricia Close Koenig, Thérèse ~Vicente, Lionel Boutton, Fatima Gomis, and Assia Hammali for material ~support with our research and Elisabeth Fuchs for translation work and ~subtitling (all University of Strasbourg). We would also like to thank our ~editor at Amsterdam University Press, Maryse Elliott, for her support in ~the production of the book. ~Moreover, we thank our contributors for their inspiring ideas and indepth ~research. We would like to thank the artists VALIE EXPORT for her ~collaboration with one of the chapters and Sascha Kürschner for working ~with us on the book cover. We hope that his drawing ‘FEELING REAL’ from ~his series ‘PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS’ provides a fitting visual prelude to an ~interesting read.