The Transparent Body: A Cultural Analysis of Medical Imaging
Author:   Jose van Van Dijck
Publisher:   University of Washington Press
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9780295997735


Pages:   208
Publication Date:   03 August 2015
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Jose van Van Dijck
Publisher:   University of Washington Press
Imprint:   University of Washington Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.567kg
ISBN:  

9780295997735


ISBN 10:   0295997737
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   03 August 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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PrefaceAcknowledgments1. Mediated Bodies and the Ideal of Transparency2. The Operation Film as a Mediated Freak Show3. Bodyworlds: The Art of Pastinated Cadavers4. Fantastic Voyages in the Age of Endoscopy5. X-ray Vision in Thomas Mann's The Magic Mountain6. Ultrasound and the Visible Fetus7. Digital Cadavers and Virtual DissectionEpilogueNotesBibliographyIndex

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"""[A] forceful and haunting critique."""


[A] forceful and haunting critique. JAS Review of Books


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Jose van Dijck is professor of media and culture and chair of the Media Studies Department, University of Amsterdam. She is the author of Imagenation: Popular Images of Genetics and Manufacturing Babies and Public Consent: Debating the New Reproductive Technologies.

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