Author: Heinrich, Larissa

afterlife of images : translating the pathological body between China and the West
Date2008
Publish_locationDurham, NC
PublisherDuke University Press
CollectionRicci Institute Library
Edition
LanguageEnglish
Record_typeBook
SeriesBody, commodity, text : studies of objectifying practice
ShelfHallway Cases
Call NumberR836.H46 2008
Descriptionxiv, 222 p., 8 p. of color plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
NoteThe afterlife of images : translating the pathological body between China and the West / Larissa N. Heinrich.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-212) and index.
How China became the "cradle of smallpox" : transformations in discourse -- The pathological body: Lam Qua's medical portraiture -- The pathological empire: early medical photography in China -- "What's hard for the eye to see": anatomical aesthetics from Benjamin Hobson to Lu Xun -- Epilogue: Through the microscope.
Full text in ebrary (Access limited to ebrary affiliated libraries) in e-Duke scholarly books collection.
SubjectMissions--Medical--China Missionaries, Medical--China--20th century Medical illustration--China--History Medicine in art--History Missionaries, Medical--China--19th century
Seriesfoo 124
ISBN9780822340935
LCCN2007032555
pathological body : science, race, and literary realism in China, 1770-1930
Date2005
Publish_location---
Publisher---
CollectionRicci Institute Library
Edition
LanguageEnglish
Record_typeThesis/Dissertation (PDF)
Series
ShelfDigital Archives
Call NumberR836.H456 2002d
Descriptiondig.pdf. [xv, 227 p. : ill., ports.]
NoteThe pathological body : science, race, and literary realism in China, 1770-1930 / by Larissa N. Heinrich.
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Berkeley, 2002.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-227).
Local access [Heinrich-PathologicalBody.pdf]
SubjectLu Xun 魯迅, 1881-1936 Medical illustration--China--History Medicine in art--History Missionaries, Medical--China--19th century Lam Qua 林官 [Guan Qiaochang 關喬昌], 1801-1860 Parker, Peter, 1804-1888 Medicine in literature Medicine, Chinese--Psychological aspects Medicine and psychology--China--History Chinese--Race identity