Diagnosing History: Medicine in Television Period Drama
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Diagnosing History: Medicine in Television Period Drama

Diagnosing History: Medicine in Television Period Drama

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Katherine Byrne (Contributor) Julie Anne Taddeo (Contributor) James Leggott (Contributor)  

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This timely collection examines representations of medicine and medical practices in international period drama television. A preoccupation with medical plots and settings can be found across a range of important historical series, including Outlander, Poldark, The Knick, Call the Midwife, La Peste and A Place to Call Home. Such shows offer a critique of medical history while demonstrating how contemporary viewers access and understand the past. Topics covered in this collection include the innovations and horrors of surgery; the intersection of gender, class, race and medicine on the American frontier; psychiatry and the trauma of war; and the connections between past and present pandemics. Featuring original chapters on period television from the UK, the US, Spain and Australia, Diagnosing history offers an accessible, global and multidisciplinary contribution to both televisual and medical history. -- . 21 black & white illustrations
Katherine Byrne is Lecturer in English at Ulster UniversityJulie Anne Taddeo is Research Professor of History at the University of MarylandJames Leggott is Associate Professor of Film and Television Studies at Northumbria University -- .
  • Contributor: Katherine Byrne
  • Imprint: Manchester University Press
  • ISBN13: 9781526163288
  • Number of Pages: 304
  • Packaged Dimensions: 156x234x17mm
  • Format: Hardback
  • Publisher: Manchester University Press
  • Release Date: 2022-03-25
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Biography: Katherine Byrne is Lecturer in English at Ulster UniversityJulie Anne Taddeo is Research Professor of History at the University of MarylandJames Leggott is Associate Professor of Film and Television Studies at Northumbria University -- .

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