vbid/9783319906775

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This handbook explores the ways biomedicine and pop culture interact while�simultaneously introducing the reader with the tools and ideas behind this new field�of enquiry. From comic books to health professionals, from the arts to genetics,�from sci-fi to medical education, from TV series to ethics, it offers different entry�points to an exciting and central aspect of contemporary culture: how and what we�learn about (and from) scientific knowledge and its representation in pop culture.�Divided into three sections the handbook surveys the basics, the micro-, and the macroaspects�of this interaction between specialized knowledge and cultural production:�After the introduction of basic concepts of and approaches to the topic from a variety�of disciplines, the respective theories and methods are applied in specific case studies.�The final section is concerned with larger social and historical trends of the use of�biomedical knowledge in popular culture. Presenting over twenty-five original articles�from international scholars with different disciplinary backgrounds, this handbook�introduces the topic of pop culture and biomedicine to both new and mature researchers�alike. The articles, all complete with a rich source of further references, are aimed at�being a sincere entry point to researchers and academic educators interested in this�somewhat unexplored field of culture and biomedicine.Typham this is the title: Handbook of Popular Culture and Biomedicine Knowledge in the Life Sciences as Cultural Artefact