{"product_id":"artificial-parts-practical-lives-modern-histories-of-prosthetics-9780814761984","title":"Artificial Parts, Practical Lives: Modern Histories of Prosthetics","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the wooden teeth of George Washington to the Bly prosthesis, popular in the 1860s and boasting easy uniform motions of the limb, to today's lifelike approximations, prosthetic devices reveal the extent to which the evolution and design of technologies of the body are intertwined with both the practical and subjective needs of human beings.\u003cbr\u003e The peculiar history of prosthetic devices sheds light on the relationship between technological change and the civilizing process of modernity, and analyzes the concrete materials of prosthetics which carry with them ideologies of body, ideals, body politics, and culture.\u003cbr\u003e Simultaneously critiquing, historicizing, and theorizing prosthetics, \u003cb\u003eArtificial Parts, Practical Lives\u003c\/b\u003e lays out a balanced and complex picture of its subject, neither vilifying nor celebrating the merger of flesh and machine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Katherine Ott\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 359\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.09lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.98h x 6.20w x 0.95d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814761984\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOtt, Katherine:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eKatherine Ott\u003c\/b\u003e is a curator of Science, Medicine, and Society at the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, which houses the largest collection of medical artifacts in the U.S.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSerlin, David:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eDavid Serlin\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Communication and Science Studies at the University of California, San Diego.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMihm, Stephen:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eStephen Mihm\u003c\/b\u003eis a doctoral candidate in history at New York University.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40239073165427,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_fc10611a-ecb4-40df-8b35-5c34efd0c523.jpg?v=1657114069","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/artificial-parts-practical-lives-modern-histories-of-prosthetics-9780814761984","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}