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Traces the cultural context and wider social impact of such medical imaging practices as X ray and endoscopy, ultrasound imaging of fetuses, the filming and broadcasting of surgical operations, the creation of plastinated corpses for display as art objects, and the use of digitized cadavers in anatomical study.

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"[A] forceful and haunting critique."

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Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Mediated Bodies and the Ideal of Transparency
2. The Operation Film as a Mediated Freak Show
3. Bodyworlds: The Art of Pastinated Cadavers
4. Fantastic Voyages in the Age of Endoscopy
5. X-ray Vision in Thomas Mann's The Magic Mountain
6. Ultrasound and the Visible Fetus
7. Digital Cadavers and Virtual Dissection
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index

The Transparent Body

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    Publisher: University of Washington Press
    Publication Date: 01/03/2005
    ISBN13: 9780295984902, 978-0295984902
    ISBN10: 0295984902
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    Description

    Book Synopsis
    Traces the cultural context and wider social impact of such medical imaging practices as X ray and endoscopy, ultrasound imaging of fetuses, the filming and broadcasting of surgical operations, the creation of plastinated corpses for display as art objects, and the use of digitized cadavers in anatomical study.

    Trade Review

    "[A] forceful and haunting critique."

    * JAS Review of Books *

    Table of Contents

    Preface
    Acknowledgments
    1. Mediated Bodies and the Ideal of Transparency
    2. The Operation Film as a Mediated Freak Show
    3. Bodyworlds: The Art of Pastinated Cadavers
    4. Fantastic Voyages in the Age of Endoscopy
    5. X-ray Vision in Thomas Mann's The Magic Mountain
    6. Ultrasound and the Visible Fetus
    7. Digital Cadavers and Virtual Dissection
    Epilogue
    Notes
    Bibliography
    Index

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