Artificial Parts, Practical Lives: Modern Histories of Prosthetics

Artificial Parts, Practical Lives: Modern Histories of Prosthetics

by David Serlin (Editor), David Serlin (Editor), Stephen Mihm (Editor), Katherine Ott (Editor)

Synopsis

The peculiar history of prosthetic devices sheds light on the relationship between technological change and the civilizing process of modernity, and analyzes the concrete materials of prosthetics which carry with them ideologies of body, ideals, body politics, and culture.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 359
Edition: illustrated edition
Publisher: NYU Press
Published: 31 Aug 2001

ISBN 10: 0814761984
ISBN 13: 9780814761984