Flexible Bodies

Boston: Beacon Press, 1994. Paperback small red octavo. xxiii, 320 pages: illustrations; 24 cm Fine. Pages clean and binding tight. . Paperback. ISBN: 9780807046272

Abstract: Martin shows how Americans' ideas about health and immunity have changed dramatically since the 1940s and how "flexibility" has become a valued commodity--both in health and in business. Contents: Historical overview -- Visions of the immune system -- Configurations of healthy bodies -- Practicums -- Post-Darwinism. Medical anthropology -- United States. Immunity -- Social aspects. Immune system -- Social aspects. Americans -- Health and hygiene.