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Film and the Chinese medical humanities / edited by Vivienne Lo, Chris Berry and Guo Liping.
Van Pelt Library PN1995.9.M44 F55 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Routledge advances in Asia-Pacific studies ; 21.
- Routledge advances in Asia-Pacific studies ; 21
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medicine in motion pictures.
- Public health in motion pictures.
- Public health--China.
- Public health.
- China.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 252 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.
- Summary:
- "Chinese Film and the Medical Humanities is the first book to reflect on the power of film in representing medical and health discourse in China in both the past and the present, as well as in shaping its future. Drawing on both feature and documentary films from mainland China, the chapters each engage with the field of medicine through the visual arts. They cover themes such as the history of doctors and their concepts of disease and therapies, understanding the patient experience of illness and death, and establishing empathy and compassion in medical practice, as well as the HIV/AIDs epidemic during the 1980s and 90s and changing attitudes towards disability. Inherently interdisciplinary in nature, the contributors therefore provide different perspectives from the fields of history, psychiatry, film studies, anthropology, linguistics, public health and occupational therapy, as they relate to China and people who identify as Chinese. Their combined approaches are united by a passion for improving the cross-cultural understanding of the body and ultimately healthcare itself. A key resource for educators in the Medical Humanities, this book will be useful to students and scholars of Chinese Studies and Film Studies as well as global health, medical anthropology and medical history"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Film and the Chinese medical humanities.
- ISBN:
- 9781138580299
- 1138580295
- OCLC:
- 1110656253
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