The Transparent Body : A Cultural Analysis of Medical Imaging.
Van Dijck, Jose.
The Transparent Body : A Cultural Analysis of Medical Imaging. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (207 pages) - In Vivo: the Cultural Mediations of Biomedical Science Series . - In Vivo: the Cultural Mediations of Biomedical Science Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Mediated Bodies and the Ideal of Transparency -- 2. The Operation Film s a Mediated Freak Show -- 3. Bodyworlds: The Art of Plastinated Cadavers -- 4. Fantastic Voyages in the Age of Endoscopy -- 5. X-Ray Vision in Thomas Mann's The Magic Mountain -- 6. Ultrasound and the Visible Fetus -- 7. Digital Cadavers and Virtual Dissection -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
9780295990354
Diagnostic imaging -- Social aspects.
Diagnostic imaging -- History.
Medicine and the humanities.
Electronic books.
RC78.7.D53 -- D553 2005eb
616.0754
The Transparent Body : A Cultural Analysis of Medical Imaging. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (207 pages) - In Vivo: the Cultural Mediations of Biomedical Science Series . - In Vivo: the Cultural Mediations of Biomedical Science Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Mediated Bodies and the Ideal of Transparency -- 2. The Operation Film s a Mediated Freak Show -- 3. Bodyworlds: The Art of Plastinated Cadavers -- 4. Fantastic Voyages in the Age of Endoscopy -- 5. X-Ray Vision in Thomas Mann's The Magic Mountain -- 6. Ultrasound and the Visible Fetus -- 7. Digital Cadavers and Virtual Dissection -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
9780295990354
Diagnostic imaging -- Social aspects.
Diagnostic imaging -- History.
Medicine and the humanities.
Electronic books.
RC78.7.D53 -- D553 2005eb
616.0754