From Photography to fMRI

Epistemic Functions of Images in Medical Research on Hysteria
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-3-8376-6176-7
Verlag: transcript

Buch, Englisch, Band 209, 614 Seiten, Kartoniert, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 1049 g

Reihe: Image

Hysteria, a mysterious disease known since antiquity, is said to have ceased to exist. Challenging this commonly held view, this is the first cross-disciplinary study to examine the current functional neuroimaging research into hysteria and compare it to the nineteenth-century image-based research into the same disorder. Paula Muhr's central argument is that, both in the nineteenth-century and the current neurobiological research on hysteria, images have enabled researchers to generate new medical insights. Through detailed case studies, Muhr traces how different images, from photography to functional brain scans, have reshaped the historically situated medical understanding of this disorder that defies the mind-body dualism.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Muhr, Paula

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Fotografie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Geschichte der Medizin
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein Kunsttheorie, Kunstphilosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften