{"product_id":"cultures-of-contagion-beatrice-delaurenti-9780262045919","title":"Cultures of Contagion","description":"\u003cb\u003eContagion as process, metaphor, and timely interpretive tool, from antiquity to the twenty-first century.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eCultures of Contagion\u003c\/i\u003e recounts episodes in the history of contagions, from ancient times to the twenty-first century. It considers contagion not only in the medical sense but also as a process, a metaphor, and an interpretive model--as a term that describes not only the transmission of a virus but also the propagation of a phenomenon. The authors describe a wide range of social, cultural, political, and anthropological instances through the prism of contagion--from anti-Semitism to migration, from the nuclear contamination of the planet to the violence of Mao's Red Guard. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The book proceeds glossary style, with a series of short texts arranged alphabetically, beginning with an entry on aluminum and \"environmental contagion\" and ending with a discussion of writing and \"textual resemblance\" caused by influence, imitation, borrowing, and plagiarism. The authors--leading scholars associated with the Center for Historical Research (CRH, Centre de recherches historiques), Paris--consider such topics as the connection between contagion and suggestion, \"waltzmania\" in post-Terror Paris, the effect of reading on sensitive imaginations, and the contagiousness of yawning. They take two distinct approaches: either examining contagion and what it signified contemporaneously, or deploying contagion as an interpretive tool. Both perspectives illuminate unexpected connections, unnoticed configurations, and invisible interactions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Beatrice Delaurenti\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0262045915\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780262045919\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e MIT Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/19\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.06h x 5.91w x 1.10d","brand":"Beatrice Delaurenti","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44045544685823,"sku":"9780262045919","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e45a4d6f-ef8d-4c9f-b84b-fd35409b8347.jpg?v=1684979378","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cultures-of-contagion-beatrice-delaurenti-9780262045919","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}