Skin Theory : Visual Culture and the Postwar Prison Laboratory /

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"During the postwar period, experiments on prison populations were standard practice among many universities, public health agencies, and major pharmaceutical manufacturers across the United States. Thus, the operative question in Skin Theory is: What was it about the US prison that made it so...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Mejia Visperas, Cristina (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, [2022]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Holmesburg Prison.
Health and Wellbeing.
Clinical & internal medicine.
Racism in medicine.
Racism in criminal justice administration.
Prisoners > Health and hygiene.
Human experimentation in medicine.
Dermatology > Research.
SCIENCE / History.
Racism in medicine > United States > History > 20th century.
Racism in criminal justice administration > United States > History > 20th century.
Dermatology > Research > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 20th century.
Prisoners > Health and hygiene > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 20th century.
Human experimentation in medicine > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 20th century.
United States.
Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Science in Captivity
  • The Skin Apparatus: Seeing Difference
  • Skin Problems: Seeing Pain
  • The Skin of Architecture
  • Bioethics and the Skin of Words
  • Coda: War Wounds.

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