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Author:   Brandon Zimmerman (Exhibit Developer, Designer, Curator and Consultant)
Publisher:   Bristol University Press
Imprint:   Bristol University Press
ISBN:  

9781529222180

ISBN 10:   1529222184
Pages:   278
Publication Date:   27 February 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Professional & Vocational ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Introduction: My Companions in Misery 1. The Stages of an Evolving Genre 2. Photography Is Dead 3. Defining Disgust: Abjection, Photography, and the Cadaver 4. Is Dissection Photography Really a Genre? 5. Iconographic Ambiguities 6. A Necessary Inhumanity 7. No One Ever Did: Dissection Photography and Female Identity 8. Of Sharp Minds and Sharpened Tools: Dissection Photography and the Ambiguity of the Scalpel 9. Flesh in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction 10. Location, Location, Location 11. Anatomical Deuteranopia 12. To Begin without Fear 13. The Cadaver as (Self-)Portrait Conclusion: “Learning to Fight Death Next to Death Itself”

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“Vividly detailed, incisively analytical, and thoroughly engaging, this is a welcome contribution to our understanding of dissection room portraiture, an iconic genre of medical photography and a revealing wedge into turn-of-the-century medical culture.” John Harley Warner, Yale University

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Brandon Zimmerman has worked as an exhibit developer, designer, curator, and consultant for numerous museums, libraries, and archives throughout the United States for almost 20 years. He holds an MA in Photographic Preservation and Collections Management from the University of Rochester.

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