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Illness and culture in the postmodern age / David B. Morris.

Author/creator Morris, David B.
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoBerkeley : University of California Press, ©1998.
Description345 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject(s)
Diseases--Social aspects.
Social medicine--Philosophy.
Postmodernism.
Disease--psychology --history.
Sociology, Medical--history.
Anthropology, Cultural--history.
Philosophy, Medical--history.
Social Medicine--history.
Postmodernism.
Contents Country of the ill -- What is postmodern illness -- White noise of health -- Reinventing pain -- Utopian bodies -- Neurobiology and the obscene -- Plot of suffering -- Illness in the time of Disney.
Local noteLittle-310679--305131013619X
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 279-333) and index.
Acquisitions source Laupus- Robert W. Cihak History of Medicine Collection
LCCN 98007092
ISBN0520208692 (alk. paper)
ISBN9780520208698 (alk. paper)
ISBN0520214412 (alk. paper)
ISBN9780520214415 (alk. paper)
ISBN0520226895 (pbk.)
ISBN9780520226890 (pbk.)

Available Items

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks RA418 .M68 1998 ✔ Available Place Hold
Laupus Books - Stacks WA 31 M875I 1998 ✔ Available Place Hold
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