Overview
The first book to bring together a group of top scholars on the issue of how biomedicine is represented in popular culture
Offers a unique reference on the intertwinement of biomedicine and cultural production
Offers a holistic reference to those interested in the representation and application of biomedical knowledge in pop culture
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This handbook explores the ways biomedicine and pop culture interact while simultaneously introducing the reader with the tools and ideas behind this new field of enquiry. From comic books to health professionals, from the arts to genetics, from sci-fi to medical education, from TV series to ethics, it offers different entry points to an exciting and central aspect of contemporary culture: how and what we learn about (and from) scientific knowledge and its representation in pop culture. Divided into three sections the handbook surveys the basics, the micro-, and the macroaspects of this interaction between specialized knowledge and cultural production: After the introduction of basic concepts of and approaches to the topic from a variety of disciplines, the respective theories and methods are applied in specific case studies. The final section is concerned with larger social and historical trends of the use of biomedical knowledge in popular culture. Presenting over twenty-five original articles from international scholars with different disciplinary backgrounds, this handbook introduces the topic of pop culture and biomedicine to both new and mature researchers alike. The articles, all complete with a rich source of further references, are aimed at being a sincere entry point to researchers and academic educators interested in this somewhat unexplored field of culture and biomedicine.
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Keywords
- biomedicine in popular culture
- semiotics
- biomedical sciences
- medical science and popular culture
- medical narratives
- the cochlear implant
- popular culture and medicine
- cultural studies
- biomedicine and culture
- medical humanities
- public understanding of science
- pop culture
- medical education
- knowledge distribution
- popular science in humanities
Table of contents (27 chapters)
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Theories and Methods
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Case Studies
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Mr Görgen received his M.A.in 2008 from the University of Augsburg, where he studied European cultural history. From 2009 to 2017 he has worked with Heiner Fangerau at the Institutes of the History, Philosophy and Ethics of Medicine at Ulm University, University of Cologne and Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf. Since 2018, he is researching “horror-game-politics” and specifically bio-horror games at the HKB Bern University of the Arts. He has published extensively in the field of bioethics, biomedicine and popular culture, and possesses a strong background in discourse analysis, literary theory, and game studies. Besides medical tropes in pop culture, his research interests include science communication, media history of child abuse and child protection, the bioethics of posthumanism, eHealth and others.
Dr German Alfonso Nunez Having recently received his Ph.D. from the Transnational Art, Identity and Nation Research Centre (TrAIN) at the University of the Arts London, today Dr Nunez holds a São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) fellowship and is currently based at the Faculty of Philosophy, Languages and Human Sciences (FFLCH) of the University of São Paulo (USP). A past committee member of the Computers and the History of Art Group (CHArt, London) and contributing writer for the Studio International journal (New York/London), his research is concerned with the historical development of artistic practices that intersect with technology and science. Apart from his scholarly research, he has been a practicing artist for the past ten years, presenting his artworks in more than 20 exhibitions worldwide. In 2011, alongside his art collective [+zero], he was nominated for the prestigious PIPA Contemporary Art award prize, in Brazil.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Handbook of Popular Culture and Biomedicine
Book Subtitle: Knowledge in the Life Sciences as Cultural Artefact
Editors: Arno Görgen, German Alfonso Nunez, Heiner Fangerau
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90677-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-90676-8Published: 20 September 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-08072-3Published: 26 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-90677-5Published: 10 September 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 385
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations
Topics: Medical Sociology, Popular Science in Medicine and Health, Bioethics, Cultural History, Cultural and Media Studies, general