CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2009
| Author | Deller, Rosemary Anna Louise |
|---|---|
| Title | Dead Meat? Feeding at the Anatomy Table of Gunther von Hagens' Body Worlds |
| Summary | According to the editors of the contemporary journal meatpaper, we are currently living in something of a ‘fleischgeist’ (Standen and Wizansky 2007); a ‘growing cultural trend of meat consciousness’ (Standen and Wizansky 2007). Perhaps surprisingly, nowhere is this emergent meat culture more evident than in academic and media discussions of Gunther von Hagens’ Body Worlds exhibition and its display of dissected cadavers across Europe, East Asia and North America. Struck by the frequent comparisons between these anatomical specimens and meat, my thesis explores the functioning of this most carnal of metaphors within the context of this highly controversial ‘blockbuster exhibition’ (Prior 2006: 154). |
| Supervisor | Loutfi, Anna |
| Department | Gender Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2009/deller_rosemary.pdf |
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