Flexible Bodies - Tracking Immunity in American Culture from the Days of Polio to the Age of AIDS (Paperback, New edition)


Emily Martin traces Americans' changing ideas about health and immunity since the 1940s. She explores the implications of our emphasis on 'flexibility' in contexts from medicine to the corporate world, warning that we may be approaching a new form of social Darwinism.

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Emily Martin traces Americans' changing ideas about health and immunity since the 1940s. She explores the implications of our emphasis on 'flexibility' in contexts from medicine to the corporate world, warning that we may be approaching a new form of social Darwinism.

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Product Details

General

Imprint

Beacon Press

Country of origin

United States

Release date

October 1995

Availability

Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days

First published

1994

Authors

Dimensions

228 x 152 x 22mm (L x W x T)

Format

Paperback

Pages

352

Edition

New edition

ISBN-13

978-0-8070-4627-2

Barcode

9780807046272

Categories

LSN

0-8070-4627-2



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