An edition of The afterlife of images (2008)

The afterlife of images

translating the pathological body between China and the West

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An edition of The afterlife of images (2008)

The afterlife of images

translating the pathological body between China and the West

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Language
English
Pages
222

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Table of Contents

How China became the "cradle of smallpox": transformations in discourse
The pathological body: Lam Qua's medical portraiture
The pathological empire: early medical photography in China
"What's hard for the eye to see": anatomical aesthetics from Benjamin Hobson to Lu Xun
Epilogue: Through the microscope.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-212) and index.

Published in
Durham
Series
Body, commodity, text

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
610.951
Library of Congress
R836 .H46 2008, R836.H46 2008

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiv, 222 p., 8 p. of plates :
Number of pages
222

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL16650489M
ISBN 10
0822340933, 0822341131
ISBN 13
9780822340935, 9780822341130
LCCN
2007032555
OCLC/WorldCat
164802735
Library Thing
8110311
Goodreads
2918464

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL11874510W

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