Socializing Medicine

“This groundbreaking anthology diverges from Eurocentric models to span the celluloid past and digital present and investigate how East Asia offers not only illuminating examples of media shaping the socially based construction of health and medicine, but also some fascinating alternatives to state-centered efforts to bind the body to the nation. Aaron Gerow, Yale UniversityExpanding the boundaries of health humanities and media studies simultaneously, Socializing Medicine presents an enthralling picture of the ideological significance of medical media in East Asia. Its transnational and intermedial approach wisely recognizes that media, like viruses, rarely remain stable entities or respect national borders. An essential addition to the growing literature on the relationship between media, medicine, and power. Scott Curtis, Northwestern University

Pao-chen Tang is lecturer of film studies at the University of Sydney.

Yuqian Yan is associate researcher of film, television, and new media at Zhejiang University.

Ling Zhang is associate professor of cinema and television studies at the State University of New York Purchase College.