Takes the reader down a little-known but fascinating historical path, exploring cultural responses to infectious diseases and their biomedical management over the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It also investigates the use of contagion as a concept in post-modern rethinking about the body.
Stock Information
General Fields
: 9781864031812
: Pluto Press Australia Pty Ltd
: Pluto Press Australia Pty Ltd
: September 2002
: 235mm X 156mm X 15mm
: Australia
: books
Special Fields
: illustrations
: Cultural studies; Infectious & contagious diseases