Doctored : the medicine of photography in nineteenth-century America / Tanya Sheehan

Englisch

University Park ; Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2011

XIV, 202 S. : Ill., Kt.

Includes bibliographical references ([182]-195) and index

0-271-03792-X cloth (alk. paper )

978-0-271-03792-9 : cloth (alk. paper )

Educating "doctors of photography" : medical models and the institutionalization of photographic knowledge -- Making faces and taking off heads : the operations of photography and medicine -- "Panes curing pains" : light as medicine in the photographic studio -- A matter of public health : photographic chemistry and the (re)production of healthy bodies -- Photo doctors and pixel surgeons : the medicine of photography in the digital age.

*USA / Medizin / Metapher / Porträtfotografie / Geschichte

*Medical photography -- United States -- History -- 19th century ; Photography -- United States -- History -- 19th century

*History of Medicine ; History, 19th Century ; Photography ; Portraits as Topic

WZ 70 AA1

Klassifikation der Library of Congress: TR708

Dewey Dezimal-Klassifikation: 770.2/461;

"Examines the relationship between photography and medicine in American culture. Focuses on the American Civil War and postbellum Philadelphia to explore how medical models and metaphors helped establish the professional legitimacy of commercial photography while promoting belief in the rehabilitative powers of studio portraiture"--Provided by publisher

"Examines the relationship between photography and medicine in American culture. Focuses on the American Civil War and postbellum Philadelphia to explore how medical models and metaphors helped establish the professional legitimacy of commercial photography while promoting belief in the rehabilitative powers of studio portraiture"--Provided by publisher

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