Recovering the Nation's Body: Cultural Memory, Medicine, and the Politics of Redemption

by Linda F. Hogle

Book Overview

The body is both a site for medical practice and a source of therapeutic and scientific tools. As such, there are a variety of meanings ascribed to the body which both affect and are affected by cultural, economic, political and legal complexities. In order to access and use body parts, Linda F. Hogle states, transformative scientific and cultural processes are brought into play. Nowhere is this more evident than present-day Germany, where the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813526450
• ISBN13: 9780813526454
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"