Transplantation Gothic: Tissue Transfer in Literature, Film, and Medicine

Transplantation is a boundary practice unsettling distinctions between self and other, life and death. This book identifies a Gothic mode in representations of the practice in literature, film and science from the nineteenth century to the present, considering hybrid bodies and precarious lives under neoliberal late capitalism.

Author: Sara Wasson
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 03/21/2023
Pages: 232
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.72lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.48d
ISBN13: 9781526171719
ISBN10: 1526171716
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Modern | 19th Century
- Performing Arts | Film | Genres | General

About the Author
Sara Wasson is Reader in Gothic Studies at Lancaster University