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OverviewIn the age of HIV, antibiotic-resistant bacteria, the Ebola Virus and BSE, metaphors and experience of contagion are a central concern of government, biomedicine and popular culture. Contagion explores cultural responses of infectious diseases and their biomedical management over the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It also investigates the use of 'contagion' as a concept in postmodern reconceptualisations of embodied subjectivity. The essays are written from within the fields of cultural studies, biomedical history and critical sociology. The contributors examine the geographies, policies and identities which have been produced in the massive social effort to contain diseases. They explore both social responses to infectious diseases in the past, and contemporary theoretical and biomedical sites for the study of contagion. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Alison Bashford , Claire HookerPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.362kg ISBN: 9780415758468ISBN 10: 0415758467 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 10 April 2014 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews'A thought-provoking edited collection that permeates the boundaries between history, sociology, geography and the health sciences.' - Medical History, January 2005, 49 (1) Author InformationAlison Bashford (Author) , Claire Hooker (Author) Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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