{"product_id":"the-transparent-body-jose-van-dijck-9780295997735","title":"The Transparent Body: A Cultural Analysis of Medical Imaging","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the potent properties of X rays evoked in Thomas Mann's \u003ci\u003eMagic Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e to the miniaturized surgical team of the classic science fiction film Fantastic Voyage, the possibility of peering into the inner reaches of the body has engaged the twentieth-century popular and scientific imagination. Drawing on examples that are international in scope, \u003ci\u003eThe Transparent Body\u003c\/i\u003e examines the dissemination of medical images to a popular audience, advancing the argument that medical imaging technologies are the material embodiment of collective desires and fantasies--the most pervasive of which is the ideal of transparency itself. \u003ci\u003eThe Transparent Body\u003c\/i\u003e traces the cultural context and wider social impact of such medical imaging practices as X ray and endoscopy, ultrasound imaging of fetuses, the filming and broadcasting of surgical operations, the creation of plastinated corpses for display as art objects, and the use of digitized cadavers in anatomical study.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the early twenty-first century, the interior of the body has become a pervasive cultural presence - as accessible to the public eye as to the physician's gaze. Jose van Dijck explores the multifaceted interactions between medical images and cultural ideologies that have brought about this situation. \u003ci\u003eThe Transparent Body\u003c\/i\u003e unfolds the complexities involved in medical images and their making, illuminating their uses and meanings both within and outside of medicine. Van Dijck demonstrates the ways in which the ability to render the inner regions of the human body visible - and the proliferation of images of the body's interior in popular media - affect our view of corporeality and our understanding of health and disease. Written in an engaging style that brings thought-provoking cultural intersections vividly to life, \u003ci\u003eThe Transparent Body\u003c\/i\u003e will be of special interest to those in media studies, cultural studies, science and technology studies, medical humanities, and the history of medicine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jose Van Dijck\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0295997737\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780295997735\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Washington Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/03\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Jose Van Dijck","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48112858562815,"sku":"9780295997735","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b13816c5-007a-4147-a1e7-8983fcdef66c.jpg?v=1769611416","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-transparent-body-jose-van-dijck-9780295997735","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}