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Examines poisons and related substances in a transdisciplinary context, comprising the history of science, literature and film studies
Conceptualizes poison as "precarious". This innovative perspective highlights poison as a medium of undermining identity and society and takes poison as a metaphor for social instability
The contributions in the volume cover a wide range from prominent court cases, including the Lafarge affair, to scientific disputes, literary analyses and cutting-edge theory
Heike Klippel is Professor of Film Studies at the Braunschweig University of Art, Germany.
Anke Zechner was a research fellow on the DFG project "The Poison Motif in Film" and is currently working on a research project on Poisonous Cinema.
Bettina Wahrig is Professor of the History of Science and Pharmacy at Braunschweig University of Technology, Germany.
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