American Disgust: Racism, Microbial Medicine, and the Colony Within

by Matthew J. Wolf-Meyer

Book Overview

Examining the racial underpinnings of food, microbial medicine, and disgust in America

American Disgust shows how perceptions of disgust and fears of contamination are rooted in the country's history of colonialism and racism. Drawing on colonial, corporate, and medical archives, Matthew J. Wolf-Meyer argues that microbial medicine is closely entwined with changing cultural experiences of digestion, excrement, and disgust...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1517916240
• ISBN13: 9781517916244
• Release Date: May 2024
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.4"