The Transparent Body by Jose van Van Dijck PAPERBACK 9780295984902

The Transparent Body\nby Jose van Van Dijck\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Jose van Van Dijck\nTitle: The Transparent Body\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Science: general issues\nPublisher: University of Washington Press\nPublication year: 2005\nISBN-13: 9780295984902\nISBN-10: 0295984902\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nTraces the cultural context and wider social impact of such medical imaging practices as X ray and endoscopy, ultrasound imaging of fetuses, the filming and broadcasting of surgical operations, the creation of plastinated corpses for display as art objects, and the use of digitized cadavers in anatomical study.\n\nTraces the cultural context and wider social impact of such medical imaging practices as X ray and endoscopy, ultrasound imaging of fetuses, t.