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Blood : the stuff of life / / Lawrence Hill ; Bill Douglas, cover design ; Ingrid Paulson, text design



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Autore: Hill Lawrence <1957-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Blood : the stuff of life / / Lawrence Hill ; Bill Douglas, cover design ; Ingrid Paulson, text design Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Sydney, New South Wales : , : NewSouth, , 2014
©2014
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (384 p.)
Disciplina: 306.4
Soggetto topico: Blood - Social aspects
Altri autori: DouglasBill  
PaulsonIngrid  
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; CHAPTER 1.Go Careful with that Blood of Mine: Blood Counts; CHAPTER 2. We Want it Safe and We Want It Clean: Blood, Truth, and Honour; CHAPTER 3. Comes By It Honestly: Blood and Belonging; CHAPTER 4. From Humans to Cockroaches: Blood in the Veins of Power and Spectacle; CHAPTER 5. Of Presidential Mistresses, Holocaust Survivors, and Long-lost Ancestors: Secrets in our Blood; ANNOTATE BIBLIOGRAPHY; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INDEX
Sommario/riassunto: Blood runs red through every person's arteries and fulfills the same functions in every human being. The study of blood has advanced our understanding of biology and improved medical treatments, but its cultural and social representations have divided us perennially. Blood pulses through religion, literature, and the visual arts. Every time it pools or spills, we learn a little more about what brings human beings together and what pulls us apart. For centuries, perceptions of difference in our blood have separated people on the basis of gender, race, class, and nation. Ideas about blood purity
Titolo autorizzato: Blood  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-74224-675-3
1-74224-171-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910791219503321
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