Membranes Metaphors of Invasion in Nineteenth-Century Literature, Science, and Politics |
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| Author:
| Otis, Laura |
| Series title: | Medicine and Culture Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8018-5996-0 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 1998 |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $58.00 |
Book Description:
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In Membranes, Laura Otis examines how the image of the biological cell became one of the reigning metaphors of the nineteenth century. At the heart of her story is the rise of a fundamental assumption about human identity: the idea that selfhood requires boundaries showing where the individual ends and the rest of the world begins. Otis focuses on ......
In Membranes, Laura Otis examines how the image of the biological cell became one of the reigning metaphors of the nineteenth century. At the heart of her story is the rise of a fundamental assumption about human identity: the idea that selfhood requires boundaries showing where the individual ends and the rest of the world begins. Otis focuses on ......