Future T/Issues : Organ Transplantation in Literary and Medical Narratives.
Title:
Future T/Issues : Organ Transplantation in Literary and Medical Narratives.
Author:
Gehrmann, Ruth.
ISBN:
9783111414638
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (310 pages)
Series:
Medical and Health Humanities Series ; v.5
Medical and Health Humanities Series
Contents:
Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- 1 Introduction: Speculating Transplantation -- 2 Organ Transplantation: A Cultural Phenomenon -- 3 Terminology and Approach -- 4 The 1960s: The Rise of Transplantation and Philipp K. Dick's The Penultimate Truth -- 5 The 1970s and 1980s, Declining Interest and Short Fiction -- 6 The 1990s, Transplantation as a Repeatable Practice and Transnational Speculative Fiction -- 7 Stepping into the 21st Century and the Mass Market of Young Adult Fiction -- 8 Conclusion: The Futures of Transplantation -- Works Cited -- Index.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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