Cinematic Prophylaxis : Globalization and Contagion in the Discourse of World Health

Frontmatter -- Contents -- illustrations -- acknowledgments -- Introduction: Cinema and Hygiene -- 1 Public Sphere as Petri Dish; or, ‘‘Special Case Studies of Motion Picture Theaters which are Known or Suspected to be Foci of Moral Infection’’ -- 2 ‘‘Noninfected but Infectible’’: Contagion and the...
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- illustrations -- acknowledgments -- Introduction: Cinema and Hygiene -- 1 Public Sphere as Petri Dish; or, ‘‘Special Case Studies of Motion Picture Theaters which are Known or Suspected to be Foci of Moral Infection’’ -- 2 ‘‘Noninfected but Infectible’’: Contagion and the Boundaries of the Visible -- 3 From Inner to Outer Space: World Health and the Postwar Alien Invasion Film -- 4 Conspiracy and Cartography: Mapping Globalization through Epidemiology -- 5 Indexical Digital: Representing Contagion in the Postphotographic Era -- Conclusion -- notes -- bibliography -- filmography -- index Ausführliche Beschreibung