Book
The body factory : from the first prosthetics to the augmented human
Languages
Translated from the French.
Publication Information
University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, Graphic Mundi, [2021]
Physical Description
155 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Uniform Title
Summary
"A graphic novel exploring amputation, revealing details about famous amputees throughout history, the invention of the tourniquet, phantom limb syndrome, types of prostheses, and transhumanist technologies"--
Notes
Translation of: La fabrique des corps: Des premières prothèses à l'humain augmenté. Première édition. Paris : Delcourt, [2017].
Subjects
- Prosthesis > History > Comic books, strips, etc.
- Artificial limbs > History > Comic books, strips, etc.
- Amputees > History > Comic books, strips, etc.
- Amputation > History > Comic books, strips, etc.
- Amputation > Comic books, strips, etc.
- Phantom limb > Comic books, strips, etc.
- Prosthesis > Comic books, strips, etc.
- Medicine > Comic books, strips, etc.
- Prosthesis.
- Artificial limbs.
- Amputees.