Empire under the microscope : parasitology and the British literary imagination, 1885-1935

Empire under the microscope parasitology and the British literary imagination, 1885-1935

This open access book considers science and empire, and the stories we tell ourselves about them. Using British Nobel laureate Ronald Ross (1857-1932) and his colleagues as access points to a wider professional culture, Empire Under the Microscope explores the cultural history of parasitology and it...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Taylor-Pirie, Emilie (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing 2022.
Edición:1st ed. 2022.
Colección:Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine,
Materias:
English literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
English literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Literature and medicine > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Literature and medicine > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Medical parasitology > History > 19th century.
Medical parasitology > History > 20th century.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009654283106719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction: Stories of Science and Empire
  • 2. The Knights of Science: Medicine and Mythology
  • 3. Expeditions into ‘Central Man’: Imperial Romance, Tropical Medicine, and Heroic Masculinity
  • 4. Detecting the Diagnosis: Parasitology, Crime Fiction, and the British Medical Gaze
  • 5. Imperial Aetiologies: Violence, Sleeping Sickness, and the Colonial Encounter
  • 6. Microbial Empires: Active Transmission Strategies and Postcolonial Critique
  • 7. Epilogue: Pan Narrans.

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