{"product_id":"the-body-in-medical-culture-elizabeth-klaver-9781438425863","title":"The Body in Medical Culture","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEngages critically with historical and contemporary representations of the medicalized human body.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2010 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCHOICE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e Outstanding Academic Title \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow do concepts and constructions of the body shape people's experiences of agency and objectification within medical culture? As an object of scrutiny, the medicalized body occupies center stage in the work of doctors, nurses, medical examiners, and other medical professionals who mediate broader cultural understandings of pathology, illness, and the various physical transformations associated with life and death. The Body in Medical Culture explores how the body functions within medical culture and examines the metaphors and models of the body used to understand medical phenomena, including disease, diagnostic practices, wellness, anatomy, surgery, and medical research. Scholars from a wide range of disciplines engage representations of bodies, including polio and masculinity, sex reassignment surgery, drug marketing, endography, \"designer vaginas,\" and hospital humor in order to challenge the normalcy of the passively objectified medicalized body.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elizabeth Klaver\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1438425864\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781438425863\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 265\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2010","brand":"Elizabeth Klaver","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48449594261759,"sku":"9781438425863","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7c7f5f4c-2dce-4493-9ddb-4ed294adb557.jpg?v=1777264082","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-body-in-medical-culture-elizabeth-klaver-9781438425863","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}