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Tyranny of the normal : essays on bioethics, theology & myth
- Title
- Tyranny of the normal : essays on bioethics, theology & myth / Leslie Fiedler.
- Author
- Fiedler, Leslie A.
- Publication
- Boston : D.R. Godine, 1996.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | PS3556.I34 T97 1996 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Leonard L. Milberg Collection of Jewish American Writers NjP
- Description
- xvi, 155 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- Bound Together By the common thread of bioethics, these essays encompass such issues as abortion, the removal of life support, the role that doctors play in our society, and how we confront old age and Eros. Controversial, at times infuriating, Fiedler's comments are sure to anger parties on all sides; but they will also appeal to anyone who appreciates the unorthodox insights of an inquisitive and voracious mind.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Essays
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Essays.
- Contents
- Introduction : to you, whoever you are -- The rebirth of God and the death of man -- Pity and fear : images of the disabled in literature and the popular arts -- Eros and Thanatos : or, the mythic aetiology of the Dirty Old Man -- More images of Eros and old age : the damnation of Faust and the fountain of youth -- Child abuse : an amateur approach -- Images of the nurse in fiction and popular culture -- Why organ transplant programs do not succeed -- The tyranny of the normal.
- ISBN
- 1567920039
- 9781567920031
- LCCN
- 95034579
- OCLC
- ocm32969996
- 32969996
- SCSB-2096379
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library