Handbook of Popular Culture and Biomedicine - Knowledge in the Life Sciences as Cultural Artefact (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)

This handbook explores the ways biomedicine and pop culture interact while simultaneously introducing the reader with the tools and ideas behind this new field of enquiry. From comic books to health professionals, from the arts to genetics, from sci-fi to medical education, from TV series to ethics, it offers different entry points to an exciting and central aspect of contemporary culture: how and what we learn about (and from) scientific knowledge and its representation in pop culture. Divided into three sections the handbook surveys the basics, the micro-, and the macroaspects of this interaction between specialized knowledge and cultural production: After the introduction of basic concepts of and approaches to the topic from a variety of disciplines, the respective theories and methods are applied in specific case studies. The final section is concerned with larger social and historical trends of the use of biomedical knowledge in popular culture. Presenting over twenty-five original articles from international scholars with different disciplinary backgrounds, this handbook introduces the topic of pop culture and biomedicine to both new and mature researchers alike. The articles, all complete with a rich source of further references, are aimed at being a sincere entry point to researchers and academic educators interested in this somewhat unexplored field of culture and biomedicine.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Release date:	September 2018
First published:	2019
Editors:	Arno Goergen • German Alfonso Nunez • Heiner Fangerau
Dimensions:	235 x 155mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	385
Edition:	1st ed. 2019
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-90676-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > General Books > Medicine > General issues > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > Popular culture Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Bio-ethics Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Promotions
LSN:	3-319-90676-3
Barcode:	9783319906768

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