Artificial Parts, Practical Lives: Modern Histories of Prosthetics [Paperback] Author: Katherine Ott David H. Serlin Stephen Mihm | Language: English | ISBN:
0814761984 | Format: PDF, EPUB
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From the wooden teeth of George Washington to the Bly prosthesis, popular in the 1860s and boasting easy uniform motions of the limb, to today's lifelike approximations, prosthetic devices reveal the extent to which the evolution and design of technologies of the body are intertwined with both the practical and subjective needs of human beings.
The peculiar history of prosthetic devices sheds light on the relationship between technological change and the civilizing process of modernity, and analyzes the concrete materials of prosthetics which carry with them ideologies of body, ideals, body politics, and culture.
Simultaneously critiquing, historicizing, and theorizing prosthetics, Artificial Parts, Practical Lives lays out a balanced and complex picture of its subject, neither vilifying nor celebrating the merger of flesh and machine.
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- Paperback: 359 pages
- Publisher: NYU Press (April 1, 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0814761984
- ISBN-13: 978-0814761984
- Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.3 x 0.8 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #743,828 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #9 in Books > Textbooks > Medicine & Health Sciences > Medicine > Special Topics > Prosthesis
- #28 in Books > Medical Books > Medicine > Prosthesis
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By LK
This book covers a lot of really interesting perspectives on prosthetics and the world in which we live; from the history of prosthetics to the cultural influences of prosthetics and the science behind the technology. Much more than simply engineering and anatomy.
By Maryjane Henry
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