Illness and culture in the postmodern age / David B. Morris.

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Morris, David B

Material type: Text

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780520926240
0520926242
0585308810
9780585308814
0520214412
9780520214415

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Illness and culture in the postmodern age.DDC classification:

306.4/61 21

LOC classification:

RA418 .M68 1998eb

NLM classification:

1999 A-408
WA 31

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44.06
JJ1h

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Contents:

Country of the ill -- What is postmodern illness -- White noise of health -- Reinventing pain -- Utopian bodies -- Neurobiology and the obscene -- Plot of suffering -- Illness in the time of Disney.

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Summary: The author of this book argues that postmodern illness is created at the interconnection of biology and culture. Morris analyzes the distinctive experience of illness in our time, taking cultural studies into a new area called 'biocultural' studies.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-333) and index.

The author of this book argues that postmodern illness is created at the interconnection of biology and culture. Morris analyzes the distinctive experience of illness in our time, taking cultural studies into a new area called 'biocultural' studies.

Country of the ill -- What is postmodern illness -- White noise of health -- Reinventing pain -- Utopian bodies -- Neurobiology and the obscene -- Plot of suffering -- Illness in the time of Disney.

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