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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
      Published 1 March 2005
      ISBN-13 9780295984902
      978-0295984902
      ISBN-10 0295984902
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      Medical diagnosis

      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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