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Synopsis

Examines poisons and related substances in a transdisciplinary context, comprising the history of science, literature and film studies

Conceptualizes poison as “precarious”. This innovative perspective highlights poison as a medium of undermining identity and society and takes poison as a metaphor for social instability

The contributions in the volume cover a wide range from prominent court cases, including the Lafarge affair, to scientific disputes, literary analyses and cutting-edge theory


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À propos de l'auteur

Heike Klippel is Professor of Film Studies at the Braunschweig University of Art, Germany.

Anke Zechner
was a research fellow on the DFG project "The Poison Motif in Film" and is currently working on a research project on Poisonous Cinema.

Bettina Wahrig is Professor of the History of Science and Pharmacy at Braunschweig University of Technology, Germany.

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9783319649085: Poison and Poisoning in Science, Fiction and Cinema: Precarious Identities

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ISBN 10 :  3319649086 ISBN 13 :  9783319649085
Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan, 2017
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