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Emma Hilborn is a Researcher at the Department of History, Lund University, specializing in cultural and gender history. Her work examines the historical development of dieting practices and body image norms in Scandinavian and British contexts during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Research Focus: Her primary project investigates the 'feminization of dieting' (1890-1930), analyzing how food practices transitioned from male medical domains to feminine cultural spaces. She employs comparative methodology across Scandinavian, British and German sources, combining gender theory with phenomenological approaches to reinterpret women's magazines and medical publications.
Publications: Her research output includes studies on the cultural history of dieting, femininity constructs, and labor history. Recent works analyze the representation of body standards in historical media and the evolution of dieting as gendered practice.
Affiliations:
- Researcher at Lund University Department of History
- Contributor to HALF (Historical Labor Research) project
- Affiliated with Centre for Working Class History
