{"product_id":"skin-theory-visual-culture-and-the-postwar-prison-laboratory-9781479810789","title":"Skin Theory: Visual Culture and the Postwar Prison Laboratory","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStudies the intersections of incarceration, medical science, and race in postwar America\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn February 1966, a local newspaper described the medical science program at Holmesburg Prison, Philadelphia, a \"golden opportunity to conduct widespread medical tests under perfect control conditions.\" Helmed by Albert M. Kligman, a University of Pennsylvania professor, these tests enrolled hundreds of the prison's predominantly Black population in studies determining the efficacy and safety of a wide variety of substances, from common household products to chemical warfare agents. These experiments at Holmesburg were hardly unique; in the postwar United States, the use of incarcerated test subjects was standard practice among many research institutions and pharmaceutical companies. \u003ci\u003eSkin Theory\u003c\/i\u003e examines the prison as this space for scientific knowledge production, showing how the \"perfect control conditions\" of the prison dovetailed into the visual regimes of laboratory work. To that end, \u003ci\u003eSkin Theory\u003c\/i\u003e offers an important reframing of visual approaches to race in histories of science, medicine, and technology, shifting from issues of scientific racism to the scientific rationality of racism itself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this highly original work, Cristina Mejia Visperas approaches science as a fundamentally racial project by analyzing the privileged object and instrument of Kligman's experiments: the skin. She theorizes the skin as visual technology, as built environment, and as official discourse, developing a compelling framework for understanding the intersections of race, incarceration, and medical science in postwar America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-15082394\"\u003eCristina Mejia Visperas\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/26\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.83w x 0.87d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781479810789\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1479810789\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SCI\"\u003eScience\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SCI034000\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-MED\"\u003eMedical\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-MED026000\"\u003eEmergency Medicine\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SOC\"\u003eSocial Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SOC001000\"\u003eEthnic Studies | American | African American \u0026amp; Black Studies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCristina Mejia Visperas\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of Southern California.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44593234280685,"sku":"9781479810789","price":53.83,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_a6854232-83cc-4b76-afab-3e6638f44881.jpg?v=1702309084","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/es\/products\/skin-theory-visual-culture-and-the-postwar-prison-laboratory-9781479810789","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}