Helen Macdonald: Human Remains
Human Remains
Buch
- Chicago Review Press Inc DBA Indepe, 05/2024
- Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-13: 9780522851571
- Bestellnummer: 5609466
- Umfang: 240 Seiten
- Gewicht: 363 g
- Maße: 233 x 183 mm
- Stärke: 18 mm
- Erscheinungstermin: 17.5.2024
Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
Klappentext
Bone collecting, body snatching, and the buying and selling of human remains have seldom been acknowledged as vital parts in the development of Western medicine. In this elegantly written account, the British medical systems' dependence upon the penal colony of Tasmania for anatomy training is explored. The lives of the poor who were routinely turned over to surgeons for study and the brisk trade in the remains of Aboriginal people are also investigated. Unlike other histories of medicine, this study looks at the way anatomy was intertwined with art, pleasure, punishment, and most importantly, the wielding of power. Illustrated with 19th-century engravings, sketches and photographs, this work captures the popular imagination and taps into the current fascination with all things forensic.Biografie
Helen Macdonald ist Autorin, Lyrikerin, Illustratorin und Historikerin. Sie arbeitet an der University of Cambridge, England, im Bereich Geschichte und Philosophie der Wissenschaften. H wie Habicht erhielt in England den renommierten Samuel Johnson Prize, der herausragenden Sachbüchern verliehen wird, sowie den hochdotierten Costa Award für das beste Buch des Jahres 2014.
Helen Macdonald
Human Remains
EUR 35,99*