Cinematic prophylaxis: globalization and contagion in the discourse of world health

Introduction: Cinema and hygiene -- Public sphere as Petri dish; or, "Special case studies of motion picture theaters which are known or suspected to be foci of moral infection" -- "Noninfected but infectible" : contagion and the boundaries of the visible -- From inner to outer s...

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Main Author: Ostherr, Kirsten 1970- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Durham Duke University Press 2005
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Summary:Introduction: Cinema and hygiene -- Public sphere as Petri dish; or, "Special case studies of motion picture theaters which are known or suspected to be foci of moral infection" -- "Noninfected but infectible" : contagion and the boundaries of the visible -- From inner to outer space: world health and the postwar alien invasion film -- Conspiracy and cartography: mapping globalization through epidemiology -- Indexical digital : representing contagion in the postphotographic era
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-248), filmography (p. 249-258), and index
Physical Description:xii, 275 p ill., maps 25 cm
ISBN:9780822387381
0822387387

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