{"product_id":"9781526156624-cold-hard-steel","title":"Cold, Hard Steel","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Myth of the Modern Surgeon\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCold, hard steel\u003c\/i\u003e anatomises the surgical stereotype in modern and contemporary Britain. It offers a new social, cultural and emotional history of this specialty, explores the development of its professional identity and foregrounds experiences of surgeons at work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrilliant, volatile and invariably male, the surgeon stereotype is a widespread and instantly recognisable part of western culture. Setting out to anatomise this stereotype, \u003ci\u003eCold, hard steel \u003c\/i\u003eoffers an exciting new history of modern and contemporary British surgery.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The book draws on archival materials and original interviews with surgeons, analysing them alongside a range of fictional depictions, from the\u003ci\u003e Doctor in the House \u003c\/i\u003enovels to Mills \u0026amp; Boon romances and the pioneering soap opera \u003ci\u003eEmergency Ward 10\u003c\/i\u003e. Presenting a unique social, cultural and emotional history, it sheds light on the development and maintenance of the surgical stereotype and explains why it has proved so enduring.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e At the same time, the book explores the more candid and compassionate image of the surgeon that has begun to emerge in recent years, revealing how a series of high-profile memoirs both challenge the surgical stereotype and simultaneously confirm it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn electronic edition of this book is freely available under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND) licence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58184467972470,"sku":"9781526156624","price":18.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_38979773.jpg?v=1782880738","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781526156624-cold-hard-steel","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}