Attachments to War Biomedical Logics and Violence in Twenty-First-Century America |
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| Author:
| Terry, Jennifer |
| Series title: | Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8223-6980-6 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2017 |
| Publisher: | Duke University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $27.95 |
Book Description:
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Jennifer Terry traces how biomedical logics entangle Americans in a perpetual state of war, in which new forms of wounding necessitate the continual development of treatment and prosthetic technologies while the military justifies violence and military occupation as necessary conditions for advancing medical knowledge.
Jennifer Terry traces how biomedical logics entangle Americans in a perpetual state of war, in which new forms of wounding necessitate the continual development of treatment and prosthetic technologies while the military justifies violence and military occupation as necessary conditions for advancing medical knowledge.