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Controversial Bodies
. Ed(S): Lantos, John D., Md
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Description for Controversial Bodies
Contributions from bioethicists, historians, physicians, anatomists, theologians, and novelists dig deeply into issues that compel, upset, and unsettle us all. Editor(s): Lantos, John D., MD. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: MBDC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 342.
Controversial, fascinating, disturbing, and often beautiful, plastinated human bodies-such as those found at Body Worlds exhibitions throughout the world-have gripped the public's imagination. These displays have been lauded as educational, sparked protests, and drawn millions of visitors. This book looks at the powerful sway these corpses hold over their living audiences everywhere. Plastination was invented in the 1970s by German anatomist Gunther von Hagens. The process transforms living tissues into moldable plastic that can then be hardened into a permanent shape. Von Hagens first exhibited his expertly dissected, artfully posed plastinated bodies in Japan in 1995. Since then, ... Read more
Controversial, fascinating, disturbing, and often beautiful, plastinated human bodies-such as those found at Body Worlds exhibitions throughout the world-have gripped the public's imagination. These displays have been lauded as educational, sparked protests, and drawn millions of visitors. This book looks at the powerful sway these corpses hold over their living audiences everywhere. Plastination was invented in the 1970s by German anatomist Gunther von Hagens. The process transforms living tissues into moldable plastic that can then be hardened into a permanent shape. Von Hagens first exhibited his expertly dissected, artfully posed plastinated bodies in Japan in 1995. Since then, ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9781421402710
SKU
V9781421402710
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About . Ed(S): Lantos, John D., Md
John D. Lantos, M.D., is a professor of pediatrics at the University of Missouri at Kansas City and director of the Children's Mercy Bioethics Center at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City. He is the author of Neonatal Bioethics and The Lazarus Case, both also published by Johns Hopkins.
Reviews for Controversial Bodies
"A rich survey of the issues provoked by the public display of plastinated corpses backed up by an impressive range of scholarship." (Alastair V. Campbell, author of The Body in Bioethics)"