Exhibiting Health: Public Health Displays in the Progressive Era (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781978803268)

In the early twentieth century, public health reformers approached the task of ameliorating unsanitary conditions and preventing epidemic diseases with optimism. Using exhibits, they believed they could make systemic issues visual to masses of people. Embedded within these visual displays were messages about individual action. In some cases, this meant changing hygienic practices. In other situations, this meant taking up action to inform public policy. Reformers and officials hoped that exhibits would energize America's populace to invest in protecting the public's health. Exhibiting Health is an analysis of the logic of the production and the consumption of this technique for popular public health education between 1900 and 1930. It examines the power and limits of using visual displays to support public health initiatives.

Author: Jennifer Lisa Koslow
ISBN-10: 1978803265
ISBN-13: 9781978803268
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/18/2020
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.50d