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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Mejia Visperas, Cristina (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2022]
Subjects:
Holmesburg Prison.
1900-1999
Human experimentation in medicine > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 20th century.
Prisoners > Health and hygiene > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 20th century.
Dermatology > Research > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 20th century.
Racism in criminal justice administration > United States > History > 20th century.
Racism in medicine > United States > History > 20th century.
SCIENCE / History.
Dermatology > Research.
Human experimentation in medicine.
Prisoners > Health and hygiene.
Racism in criminal justice administration.
Racism in medicine.
Clinical & internal medicine.
Health and Wellbeing.
Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
United States.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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