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In Sickness and in Health
Laurinda S. . Ed(S): Dixon
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Description for In Sickness and in Health
Hardback. Editor(s): Dixon, Laurinda S. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: AB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 292 x 224 x 18. Weight in Grams: 894.
The essays in this collection offer an expansive view of how medical concerns have shaped and continue to shape our lives and destinies through the subtle communicative power of the visual arts and their interpretation in historical context. Each author demonstrates how works of art and the imagery of popular culture both reflect and reinforce the power of medical beliefs to define and to limit human behavior, and how art and medicine work together to communicate social directives in support of a perceived common good. Beginning in the seventeenth century and continuing to the modern era, subjects include discussions of ... Read more
The essays in this collection offer an expansive view of how medical concerns have shaped and continue to shape our lives and destinies through the subtle communicative power of the visual arts and their interpretation in historical context. Each author demonstrates how works of art and the imagery of popular culture both reflect and reinforce the power of medical beliefs to define and to limit human behavior, and how art and medicine work together to communicate social directives in support of a perceived common good. Beginning in the seventeenth century and continuing to the modern era, subjects include discussions of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Delaware, United States
ISBN
9781611492477
SKU
V9781611492477
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99-15
About Laurinda S. . Ed(S): Dixon
Laurinda S. Dixon currently holds the William P. Tolley Distinguished Teaching Professorship in the Humanities at Syracuse University.
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