The Transparent Body: A Cultural Analysis of Medical Imaging

by José van Dijck

Book Overview

From the potent properties of X rays evoked in Thomas Mann's Magic Mountain to the miniaturized surgical team of the classic science fiction film Fantastic Voyage, the possibility of peering into the inner reaches of the body has engaged the twentieth-century popular and scientific imagination. Drawing on examples that are international in scope, The Transparent Body examines the dissemination of medical images to a popular audience,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295984902
• ISBN13: 9780295984902
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 193 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.0" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher