The Body in Medical Culture

The Body in Medical Culture
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Engages critically with historical and contemporary representations of the medicalized human body.

How do concepts and constructions of the body shape peopleâ€™s experiences of agency and objectification within medical culture? As an object of scrutiny, the medicalized body occupies center stage in the work of doctors, nurses, medical examiners, and other medical professionals who mediate broader cultural understandings of pathology, illness, and the various physical transformations associated with life and death. The Body in Medical Culture explores how the body functions within medical culture and examines the metaphors and models of the body used to understand medical phenomena, including disease, diagnostic practices, wellness, anatomy, surgery, and medical research. Scholars from a wide range of disciplines engage representations of bodies, including polio and masculinity, sex reassignment surgery, drug marketing, endography, â€œdesigner vaginas,â€ and hospital humor in order to challenge the normalcy of the passively objectified medicalized body.

"â€¦a real page-turner â€¦ The articles are well written, sophisticated, and intellectually stimulating.â€ â€” CHOICE

â€œOne of the most impressive features of this volume is the wide range of disciplines represented throughout â€¦ Klaverâ€™s collection of essays on the body in medicine is interesting, intelligent, and readable." â€” H-Disability

â€œKlaverâ€™s collection of essays on the body in medicine is interesting, intelligent, and readable. It is a good, sane take on an important topic in both cultural studies and the medical humanities.â€ â€” Kathryn Montgomery, author of How Doctors Think: Clinical Judgment and the Practice of Medicine
Country USA
Brand State University of New York Press
Manufacturer State University of New York Press
Binding Paperback
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781438425863
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	State University of New York Press
Manufacturer	State University of New York Press
Binding	Paperback
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781438425863
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

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