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Screening the Body by Lisa Cartwright

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Moving images are used as diagnostic tools and locational devices in hospitals, clinics and laboratories. But how and when did such use become established/accepted sources of knowledge about the body in medical culture? This book traces the history of scientific film since the late 19th century.

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Screening the Body by Lisa Cartwright

Moving images are used as diagnostic tools and locational devices in hospitals, clinics and laboratories. But how and when did such use become established/accepted sources of knowledge about the body in medical culture? This book traces the history of scientific film since the late 19th century.

Lisa Cartwright is an assistant professor of English and visual and cultural studies at the University of Rochester. With Paula A. Treichler, she is coeditor of Imaging Technologies, Inscribing Science, a forthcoming anthology on gender and the visual and inscriptive culture of medicine and science.

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ISBN 13 9780816622900
ISBN 10 0816622906
Title Screening the Body
Author Lisa Cartwright
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Year published 1995-03-09
Number of pages 224
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.