Anderson Warwick - Spectacles Of Waste - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: The modern bathroom is an ingenious compilation of locked doors smooth porcelain 4 - ply tissue and antibacterial hand soap but despite this miracle of indoor plumbing we still can t bear the thought that anyone else should know that our bodies produce waste. Why must we live by the rules of this intense scatological embarrassment? In Spectacles of Waste leading historian of medicine Warwick Anderson reveals how human excrement has always complicated humanity's attempts to become modern. From wastewater epidemiology and sewage snooping to fecal transplants and excremental art he argues that our insistence on separating ourselves from our bodily waste has fundamentally shaped our philosophies social theories literature and art even the emergence of high - tech science as we understand it today. Written with verve and aplomb Anderson's expert analysis reveals how in recent years humanity has doubled down on abstracting and datafying our most abject waste and unconsciously underlined its biopolitical signature across our lives.
Title: Spectacles Of Waste
Author(s): Anderson Warwick
Publisher: John Wiley And Sons Ltd
Barcode: 9781509557417
Pages: 184 Pages
Publication Date: 6/5/2024
Category: Social & Cultural History