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Author Ostherr, Kirsten, 1970-

Title Cinematic prophylaxis : globalization and contagion in the discourse of world health / Kirsten Ostherr
Published Durham, N.C. ; London : Duke University Press, 2005

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 MELB  791.436561 Ost/Cpg  AVAILABLE
Description xii, 275 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Contents 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
Notes Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-248), filmography (pages 249-258), and index
Subject Medicine in art.
Motion pictures.
Health attitudes.
Health promotion.
Diseases in motion pictures.
Science fiction films -- History and criticism.
Disease Outbreaks -- prevention & control.
Attitude to Health.
Health Promotion -- methods.
Internationality.
Medicine in the Arts.
Motion Pictures.
LC no. 2005011686
ISBN 0822336359 hardback
0822336480 paperback
Other Titles Cinematic prophylaxis