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Culturally powerful ideas of normalcy and deviation, individual responsibility, and what is medically feasible shape the ways in which we live with illness and disability. The essays in this volume show how illness narratives expressed in a variety of forms–biographical essays, fictional texts, cartoons, graphic novels, and comics–reflect on and grapple with the fact that…
The zombie craze has infected popular culture with the intensity of a viral outbreak, propagating itself through text, television, film, video games, and many other forms of media. As a metaphor, zombies may represent political notions, such as the return of the repressed violence of colonialism, or the embodiment of a culture obsessed with consumerism….
The truth is not always beautiful. But survival always is. In this intimate graphic memoir, author Angela Priso uses minimalist vignettes to chronicle a life marked by the relentless cost of womanhood: from the social intrusion of developing breasts and the chaos of young adulthood, to the ultimate, life-altering attack of a cancer diagnosis. You…
明朝初年的昆明湖畔， 住着阿初与小午兄妹二人， 阿初从小对中医、中药就有着浓厚的兴趣， 常常带着妹妹小午一起上山识药、采药。闲暇之余， 阿初常常给小午讲一些有趣的中医药故事， 小午听得入迷， 仿佛身临其境一般。 A Chu y Xiao Wu vivÃan en los alrededor es del lago Kunming a principios de la dinastÃa Ming. A Chu le interesaba mucho la medicina tradicional china desde l a infancia, a menudo recogÃa materias medicinales con su hermana y contaba historias interesantes de medicina tradicional china…
This book examines the emergence of a new normal that has structured the lived experiences of individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic through a close reading of graphic medical texts from both digital and print sources. Interdisciplinary in scope and integrating theoretical insights from graphic medicine, health humanities, literary theory, and comics studies, this book scrutinises…
The book is a compilation of short personal medical stories compiled from my 45 years in the practice of Emergency Medicine and Anesthesiology. Each short story is based on actual events and meant to entertain as well as provide some insight into a career in ER Medicine and the practice of Anesthesia. The style of…
Dr. Caresco returns in Caresco, Superman (1904), in which the brilliant but mad scientist rules the body-shaped island of Eucrasia whose inhabitants have been transformed–“improved”–by a variety of advanced surgical techniques. The natives are addicted to sensual pleasures, subservient to the will of Caresco, whom they call the “Superman”, for fear that he will castrate…
Special Discount Get your copy right now! What is grayscale coloring? Simply put, it is an easy and amazing way to add professional shading to your coloring, without having to add the shade yourself! The complex gray tones add variance and depth to your art, taking your adult coloring to the next level, resulting in…
Optical Allusions is the cure for all those clamoring for a painstakingly researched, scientifically accurate, eye-themed comic book adventure! Wrinkles the Wonder Brain has lost his bosses’ eye and now he has to search all of human imagination for it. Along the way, he confronts biology head on and accidentally learns more about eyes and…
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no…
Gruber and Motter present a deeply informed, opinionated, and immediately accessible explanation of why health care reform is essential, why the legislation Congress passed is our best bet for solving the problem, and why it would be disastrous if we revoked it.
Culturally powerful ideas of normalcy and deviation, individual responsibility, and what is medically feasible shape the ways in which we live with illness and disability. The essays in this volume show how illness narratives expressed in a variety of forms–biographical essays, fictional texts, cartoons, graphic novels, and comics–reflect on and grapple with the fact that…
At present, there is growing interest in high pressure bioscience and biotechnology. The activities are nearly equally distributed between fundamental research and applications. With original work on marine and terrestrial microbiology, biochemicstry, molecular biology, deep-sea diving, food science and other industrial applications, this book covers the whole range of current high pressure bioscience. Advances in…
This awesome and unique coloring book for both adults and children is full of mystical and mythical dragons. Color your way through a fantasy world and help relieve anxiety and stress by coloring in these creatures. 6 x 9 Notebook size, easy to carry around with you at work home or school. Color in a…
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no…
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no…
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