Skin Theory – Visual Culture and the Postwar Prison Laboratory Visperas

Skin Theory\nby Cristina Mejia Visperas\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Cristina Mejia Visperas\nTitle: Skin Theory\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Ethnic studies\nPublisher: New York University Press\nPublication year: 2022\nISBN-13: 9781479810789\nISBN-10: 1479810789\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nHonorable Mention, Rachel Carson Prize, given by the Society for the Social Studies of ScienceFinalist, 2023 ASAP Book Award, given by the Association for the Study of the Arts of the PresentStudies the intersections of incarceration, medical science, and race in postwar AmericaIn February 1966, a local newspaper described the medical science program at Holmesburg Prison, Philadelphia, a golden opportunity to conduct widespread medical tests under perfect control conditions. .