Medicine's Moving Pictures - Medicine, Health, and Bodies in American Film and Television (Paperback)

Original essays by leading media scholars and historians of medicine that explore the rich history of health-related films. This groundbreaking book argues that health and medical media, with their unique goals and production values, constitute a rich cultural and historical archive and deserve greater scholarly attention. Original essays by leading media scholars and historians of medicine demonstrate that Americans throughout the twentieth century have learned about health, disease, medicine, and the human body from movies. Heroic doctors and patients fighting dread diseaseshave thrilled and moved audiences everywhere; amid changing media formats, medicine's moving pictures continue to educate, entertain, and help us understand the body's journey through life. Perennially popular, health and medicalmedia are also complex texts reflecting many interests and constituencies including, notably, the U.S. medical profession, which has often sought, if not always successfully, to influence content, circulation, and meaning. Medicine's Moving Pictures makes clear that health and medical media representations are "more than illustrations," shows their power to shape health perceptions, practices, and policies, and identifies their social, cultural, andhistorical contexts. Contributors: Lisa Cartwright, Vanessa Northington Gamble, Rachel Gans-Boriskin, Valerie Hartouni, Susan E. Lederer, John Parascandola, Martin S. Pernick, Leslie J. Reagan, Naomi Rogers, Nancy Tomes, Paula A. Treichler, Joseph Turow Leslie J. Reagan is an Associate Professor at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Nancy Tomes is a Professor at Stony Brook University; Paula A. Treichler is a Professor atthe University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

General

Imprint:	University of Rochester Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Rochester Studies in Medical History
Release date:	December 2008
First published:	2008
Editors:	Leslie J. Reagan (Person) • Nancy Tomes (Contributor) • Paula Treichler (Contributor)
Contributors:	John Parascandola (Customer) • Joseph Turrow (Contributor) • Leslie Reagan (Author) • Lisa Cartwright (Contributor) • Martin Pernick (Contributor) • Nancy Tomes (Contributor) • Naomi Rogers (Customer)
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	353
ISBN-13:	978-1-58046-306-5
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > History of medicine Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Films, cinema > General Promotions
LSN:	1-58046-306-1
Barcode:	9781580463065

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