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The Transparent Body : A Cultural Analysis of Medical Imaging.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: In Vivo: the Cultural Mediations of Biomedical Science SeriesPublisher: Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2005Copyright date: ©2005Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (207 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780295990354
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Transparent BodyDDC classification:
  • 616.0754
LOC classification:
  • RC78.7.D53 -- D553 2005eb
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
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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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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