1st Edition
Wild Science Reading Feminism, Medicine and the Media
276 Pages
by
Routledge
276 Pages
by
Routledge
276 Pages
by
Routledge
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Wild Science investigates the world-wide boom in 'health culture'. While self-help health books and medical dramas are popular around the globe, we are bombarded with daily media images of DNA research, and news reports about cloning, the fight against AIDS, cancer and depression. With popular culture now the principal means through which the non-scientific population encounters science why do... Read more
Introduction 1. Corporeal Maps 2. Genetic Codifications 3. Clinical Practices 4. Feminist Science Studies
Biography
Janine Marchessault is Associate Professor in the Department of Film and Video, York University, Ontario. She is President of the Film Studies Association of Canada. Kim Sawchuk is Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Studies, Concordia University, Montreal.
