1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910144675103321

Titolo

Ciba Foundation symposium on leukemia research [[electronic resource] /] / editors for the Ciba Foundation, G.E.W. Wolstenholme and Margaret P. Cameron ; assisted by Joan Etherington

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston, : Little, Brown, 1954

ISBN

1-280-76846-0

9786613679239

0-470-71890-0

0-470-71633-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (336 p.)

Collana

Novartis Foundation Symposia ; ; v.878

Altri autori (Persone)

WolstenholmeG. E. W (Gordon Ethelbert Ward)

CameronMargaret P

Disciplina

616.15

Soggetti

Leukemia

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"With 56 illustrations."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

LEUKEMIA RESEARCH; CONTENTS; Chairman's Opening Remarks; On leukemia research; Therapeutic correlation between mouse and human leukemia; The shortcomings of animal research in leukemia; Discussion; The concept of conditioned and autonomous neoplasms; Discussion; The method of quantitative determination of fowl leukemia virus; Studies on the endocellular distribution of the transmissible fowl leukemia virus; Discussion; Some experimental observations on a strain of transmissible aleukemic leukemia (RPL 12 lymphoid tumour); Discussion

Transmissible mouse leukemia: biological properties of the mouse leukemia agent Discussion; The phenomena of resistance and dependence in leukemic cells; Discussion; Leukemic forms of the Murray-Begg endothelioma; Discussion; Respective values of electron and phase-contrast microscopy in the study of the leukemic cell; Discussion; Induction of leukemia by ionizing irradiation; Discussion; Studies on the modification of radiation injury; Discussion; The role of bone marrow and spleen in induced and spontaneous lymphatic



leukemia; Discussion

Experimental and clinical aspects of the action of various carboxylic acid derivatives in the aromatic nitrogen mustard series Clinical experience with Myleran therapy, especially in myeloid leukemia; Discussion; A new colchicine derivative (Demecolcin CIBA) as a cytostatic agent in myelogenous leukemia; Discussion; The effect of 1 : 3-bis (ethyleneimino sulphonyl) propane in animal tumours and human leukemia; Discussion; The growth-inhibiting action of mitotic poisons in experimental and human leukemias; Discussion; The designing of selective drugs; Discussion

General Discussion-Where do we go from here? New ideas for research on leukemia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910151664803321

Autore

Lund Martin

Titolo

Re-Constructing the Man of Steel : Superman 1938-1941, Jewish American History, and the Invention of the Jewish-Comics Connection / / by Martin Lund

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016

ISBN

9783319429601

3319429604

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (VIII, 215 p.)

Collana

Contemporary Religion and Popular Culture, , 2945-7785

Disciplina

201.7

Soggetti

Religion and sociology

Judaism and culture

Culture - Study and teaching

Ethnology - America

Culture

Sociology of Religion

Jewish Cultural Studies

Cultural Studies

American Culture

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction: Who is Superman? -- 2. Introducing the Jewish-Comics Connection -- 3. The Jewish-Comics Connection Reconsidered -- 4. And So Begins a Startling Adventure -- 5. Superman, Champion of the Oppressed -- 6. Patriot Number One -- 7. The Hearts and Minds of Supermen -- 8. Superman and the Displacement of Race -- 9. Of Men and Supermen -- 10. Forgotten and Remembered Supermen.

Sommario/riassunto

In this book, Martin Lund challenges contemporary claims about the original Superman's supposed Jewishness and offers a critical re-reading of the earliest Superman comics. Engaging in critical dialogue with extant writing on the subject, Lund argues that much of recent popular and scholarly writing on Superman as a Jewish character is a product of the ethnic revival, rather than critical investigations of the past, and as such does not stand up to historical scrutiny. In place of these readings, this book offers a new understanding of the Superman created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster in the mid-1930s, presenting him as an authentically Jewish American character in his own time, for good and ill. On the way to this conclusion, this book questions many popular claims about Superman, including that he is a golem, a Moses-figure, or has a Hebrew name. In place of such notions, Lund offers contextual readings of Superman as he first appeared, touching on, among other ideas, Jewish American affinities with the Roosevelt White House, the whitening effects of popular culture, Jewish gender stereotypes, and the struggles faced by Jewish Americans during the historical peak of American anti-Semitism. In this book, Lund makes a call to stem the diffusion of myth into accepted truth, stressing the importance of contextualizing the Jewish heritage of the creators of Superman. By critically taking into account historical understandings of Jewishness and the comics' creative contexts, this book challenges reigning assumptions about Superman and other superheroes' cultural roles, not only for the benefit of Jewish studies, but for American, Cultural, and Comics studies as a whole.