The body as interactive display: Examining bodies in a public exhibition

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 223-251

  Vom Lehn, Dirk ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Body image; Body Worlds; Ethnomethodology; Video

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ART; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; CADAVER; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; PRESERVATION; PUBLICATION; SOCIOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM; VIDEORECORDING;

ANATOMY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; CADAVER; EXHIBITS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMAN BODY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONDON; PRESERVATION, BIOLOGICAL; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 33644664643     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2006.00489.x     Document Type: Article

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