Advancing Medical Posthumanism Through Twenty-First Century American Poetry

von Tana Jean Welch

200 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Advancing Medical Posthumanism Through Twenty-First Century American Poetry  places contemporary poetics in dialogue with posthumanism and biomedicine in order to create a framework for advancing a posthuman-affirmative ethics within the culture of medical practice. This book makes a case for a posthumanist understanding of the body—one that sees health and illness not as properties possessed by individual bodies, but as processes that connect bodies to their social and natural environment, shaping their capacity to act, think, and feel. Tana Jean Welch demonstrates how contemporary American poetry is specifically poised to develop a pathway toward a posthuman intervention in biomedicine, the field of medical humanities, medical discourse, and the value systems that guide U.S. healthcare in general. 

• Reihe: Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine
• Themen: Biographie, Literatur und Literaturwissenschaft Geschichte und Kritik Lyrik und Dichter
• ISBN: 9783031498879
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 08.02.2024
• Größe: 21 x 14.8 cm
• Verlag: Springer International Publishing