Poison and Poisoning in Science, Fiction and Cinema

Zusatztext

Examines poisons and related substances in a transdisciplinary context, comprising the history of science, literature and film studies Conceptualizes poison as precarious. This innovative perspective highlights poison as a medium of undermining identity and society and takes poison as a metaphor for social instability The contributions in the volume cover a wide range from prominent court cases, including the Lafarge affair, to scientific disputes, literary analyses and cutting-edge theory  

Autorenportrait

Heike Klippel is Professor of Film Studies at the Braunschweig University of Art, Germany.  Anke Zechner was a research fellow on the DFG project The Poison Motif in Film and is currently working on a research project on Poisonous Cinema. Bettina Wahrig is Professor of the History of Science and Pharmacy at Braunschweig University of Technology, Germany. 

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