Visual culture and pandemic disease since 1750: capturing contagion
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN :
9781032280257
Date de publication :
19 déc. 2024
Dimensions :
24,6 x 17,4 cm
Poids :
540 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Through case studies, this book investigates the pictorial imaging of epidemics globally, especially from the late eighteenth century through the 1920s when, amidst expanding industrialism, colonialism, and scientific research, the world endured a succession of pandemics in tandem with the rise of popular visual culture and new media.