Screening the Body

Screening the Body
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Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Total Pages : 228
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ISBN-10 : 0816622906
ISBN-13 : 9780816622900
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Book Synopsis Screening the Body by : Lisa Cartwright

Download or read book Screening the Body written by Lisa Cartwright and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the fascinating history of scientific film during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and shows that early experiments with cinema are important precedents of contemporary medical techniques such as ultrasound.


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