Visual Culture and Pandemic Disease Since 1750 - Capturing Contagion (Hardcover)

Through case studies, this book investigates the pictorial imaging of epidemics globally, especially from the late eighteenth century through the 1920s when, amidst expanding Western industrialism, colonialism, and scientific research, the world endured a succession of pandemics in tandem with the rise of popular visual culture and new media. Images discussed range from the depiction of people and places to the invisible realms of pathogens and emotions, while topics include the messaging of disease prevention and containment in public health initiatives, the motivations of governments to ensure control, the criticism of authority in graphic satire, and the private experience of illness in the domestic realm. Essays explore biomedical conditions as well as the recurrent constructed social narratives of bias, blame, and othering regarding race, gender, and class that are frequently highlighted in visual representations. This volume offers a pictured genealogy of pandemic experience that has continuing resonance. The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, visual studies, history of medicine, and medical humanities.

General

Imprint:	Taylor & Francis
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Science and the Arts since 1750
Release date:	June 2023
First published:	2023
Editors:	Marsha Morton • Ann-Marie Akehurst
Dimensions:	246 x 174mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	296
ISBN-13:	978-1-03-226107-2
Categories:	Books > Health, Home & Family > General Books > Arts & Architecture > The arts: general issues > General Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > General Books > Medicine > General issues > History of medicine Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Illness & addiction: social aspects > General Books > Medicine > General issues > Public health & preventive medicine > Personal & public health > General Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
LSN:	1-03-226107-2
Barcode:	9781032261072

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