Dissected Bodies
History, Slavery, and the Racial Politics of Anatomy
Dissected Bodies
History, Slavery, and the Racial Politics of Anatomy
Description
Through critical analysis of newspapers and medical papers, this monograph provides a historical examination of the dissection of African American bodies in the United States, how dissection was utilized by white medicine and in the media by white supremacist culture, and resistance to this in Black newspapers.
Smith analyzes the connections between dissection and slavery. Abolitionists used stories about the exploitation of black cadavers in medical schools to criticize the institution of slavery while slave owners used the medicalization of black bodies to frame them as diseased and different, and to justify slavery. She discusses the racial politics of dissection in medical education, dissection as discussed in literature and newspapers in the 19th and 20th centuries, and racial politics of anatomy from the Civil Rights movement to modern day.
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Table of Contents
2. Dissection and the World of Slavery
3. Newspapers, Racialized Medical Education, and Bodily Dissection
4. Dissection, Race, and Literature
5. Black Communities, Bodies, and Newspapers
6. White Medical Students, Dissertations, and Problematizing Black Bodies
7. Dead Bodies and Medical Museums
8. Illness, Communication, and the Racial Politics of Today's Anatomy
Product details
| Published | 18 Feb 2027 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 224 |
| ISBN | 9798765143650 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Illustrations | 7 b&w photographs |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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