Epidemiological Realism

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

Del i serien Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine

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Beskrivning

This book examines what it means to live in an epidemiological reality, exploring the worldbuilding properties of epidemiology through the lens of critical theory, literary analysis, and visual culture.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2024-09-29
Mått:148 x 210 x 14 mm
Vikt:304 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine
Antal sidor:118
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783031685163

Utforska kategorier

Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Epidemiologi och medicinsk statistik inom Medicin
Litteraturvetenskap inom Skönlitteratur

Mer om författaren

Vincent Bruyere is Winship Distinguished Research Professor of French and associate professor in the department of French and Italian with a faculty affiliation in the Center for the Study of Human Health at Emory University in Atlanta, USA. He is the author of La Différence Francophone (2012), Perishability Fatigue: Forays into Environmental Loss and Decay (2018), and Environmental Humanities on the Brink: The Vanitas Hypothesis (2023). In 2023–24, he was a research fellow at the Center for Apocalyptic and Post-apocalyptic Studies in Heidelberg, Germany.

Innehållsförteckning

.- 1. Stinky Contexts (Abbott Pandemic Defense Coalition, 2023)..- 2. Epidemiological Realism (The Horla, 1887)..- 3. Facing Toxicity (New York Health Department, 2019)..- 4. Diagnosing Exemplarity (Still Alice, 2014)..- 5. Picturing Incidence (Clara Jacobi, 1689; Stromae, 2013)..- 6. In the Meantime (120 Beats Per Minutes, 2017)..- 7. Statistical Interlude (Halbwachs, 1913)..- 8. Occupational Realism (Severance, 2018)..- 9. Scenes of Plotlessness (Woolf, 1926; Camus, 1946)..- 10. Scenes of Contagion (Poussin, ca. 1630; Soderbergh, 2011)..- 11. Scenes of Immunization (Driftwood, 1947)..- 12. The Rabid Wolf and the Sovereign (Bauhin, 1591)..- 13. Scenes of Awkwardness (Little Joe, 2019)..- 14. The Sentinel Effect..- 15. Epilogue: The Sentinel Effect.