Blood

Blood is life, its complex composition is finely attuned to our vital needs and functions. Blood can also signify death, while 'bloody' is a curse. Arising from the 2021 Darwin College Lectures, this volume invites leading thinkers on the subject to explore the many meanings of blood across a diverse range of disciplines. Through the eyes of artist Marc Quinn, the paradoxical nature of blood plays with the notion of self. Through those of geneticist Walter Bodmer, it becomes a scientific reality: bloodlines and diaspora capture our notions of community. The transfer of blood between bodies, as Rose George relates, can save lives, or as we learn from Claire Roddie can cure cancer. Tim Pedley and Stuart Egginton explore the extraordinary complexity of blood as a critical biological fluid. Sarah Read examines the intimate connection between blood and womanhood, as Carol Senf does in her consideration of Bram Stoker's novel Dracula.

Product details

• Authors: Iosifina Foskolou, Martin Jones
• Assisted by: Iosifina Foskolou (Editor), Martin Jones (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2022
• EAN: 9781009205498
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0920549-8
• No. of pages: 204
• Dimensions: 170 mm x 245 mm x 10 mm
• Series: Darwin College Lectures
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Political Ideologies, popular science, The arts: general issues, SCIENCE / General, Literature & literary studies, Biology, life sciences, Clinical & internal medicine, Political ideologies and movements, Clinical and internal medicine, Biography, Literature and Literary studies, The arts: general topics