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The Visible Woman: Imaging Technologies, Gender, and Science
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Description for The Visible Woman: Imaging Technologies, Gender, and Science
Paperback. From fetal photography and mammography to mental retardation and chronic fatigue syndrome, this title reveals how identities are constructed in medical research and public health initiatives, as well as in popular press accounts of health. Editor(s): Treichler, Paula A.; Cartwright, Lisa; Penley, Constance. Num Pages: 408 pages, 22 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ1; MMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 544.
Hand in hand with such health crises as HIV/AIDS, breast cancer, and the resurgence of tuberculosis has come an explosion of scientific and medical technologies. As technology documents illness with ever greater precision and clarity, the knowledge and vocabulary of patients is being similarly expanded by activists, consumer advocates, and artists working with new electronic technologies. Into this breach steps The Visible Woman, collecting professional, academic, and lay viewpoints on gender and the role of visual and textual representation in contemporary health and science. From fetal photography and mammography to mental retardation and chronic ... Read more
Hand in hand with such health crises as HIV/AIDS, breast cancer, and the resurgence of tuberculosis has come an explosion of scientific and medical technologies. As technology documents illness with ever greater precision and clarity, the knowledge and vocabulary of patients is being similarly expanded by activists, consumer advocates, and artists working with new electronic technologies. Into this breach steps The Visible Woman, collecting professional, academic, and lay viewpoints on gender and the role of visual and textual representation in contemporary health and science. From fetal photography and mammography to mental retardation and chronic ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
NYU Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
Weight
544g
Number of Pages
408
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780814715680
SKU
V9780814715680
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Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Treichler
Paula Treichler is Professor of Medicine, Communication, and Women's Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is the author of the forthcoming book How to Have Theory in an Epidemic. The author of Screening the Body: Tracing Medicine's Visual Culture, Lisa Cartwright is Associate Professor of English at the University of ... Read more
Reviews for The Visible Woman: Imaging Technologies, Gender, and Science
. . . this volume has much to offer readers interested in science and technology and constructs of the body, expecially the 'normal' body. -Disabilities Studies Quarterly