Linda Hutcheon: Multidisciplinary work on culture and medicine
Linda Hutcheon, Multidisciplinary work on culture and medicine
Paula Treichler: History of the condom
University of Illinois cultural historian Paula Treichler’s ongoing research has led her in fascinating directions. Her research on condoms grew out of her work on AIDS and its meanings, work that established her as a leading thinker on the body….
Sander L. Gilman: “Obesity,” “epidemic,” fear of “mental illness,” “race”
Sander L. Gilman on “obesity,” “epidemic,” “mental illness”
Members’ Introductions
If you are interested in joining this blog’s conversations and would like to introduce yourself to other MLA scholars who are doing work in literature and medicine or humanities and health (or “medical humanities”), please use the comment feature of this post…
Literature, Medicine & Medical Humanities Welcome
Although the MLA does not currently have a division or discussion group explicitly devoted to literature and medicine or medical humanities, many of us are working on representations of the body, sexuality, health, illness, disease and the health professions. Admittedly, the…
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