Visual Culture and Pandemic Disease Since 1750: Capturing Contagion (Science and the Arts since 1750)

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Synopsis
Through case studies, this book investigates the pictorial imaging of epidemics globally, especially from the late eighteenth century through the 1920s when, amidst expanding Western industrialism, colonialism, and scientific research, the world endured a succession of pandemics in tandem with the rise of popular visual culture and new media. Images discussed range from the depiction of people and places to the invisible realms of pathogens and emotions, while topics include the messaging of disease prevention and containment in public health initiatives, the motivations of governments to ensure control, the criticism of authority in graphic satire, and the private experience of illness in the domestic realm. Essays explore biomedical conditions as well as the recurrent constructed social narratives of bias, blame, and othering regarding race, gender, and class that are frequently highlighted in visual representations. This volume offers a pictured genealogy of pandemic experience that has continuing resonance. The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, visual studies, history of medicine, and medical humanities.
Copyright:
2023

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
254 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781000904147
Related ISBNs:
9781032261072, 9781032280257, 9781003294979
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
selection and editorial matter, Marsha Morton and Ann-Marie Akehurst
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Medicine
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:
Marsha Morton
Edited by:
Ann-Marie Akehurst

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