Going After the High-Brows
Frank Gilbreth and the Surgical Subject, 1912-1917
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4370565 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Caitjan Gainty (0000-0001-7760-4652, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 118 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-27 |
| Publication date | 2012-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Representations (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0734-6018 • E-ISSN: 1533-855X |
| Publisher | University of California Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1525/rep.2012.118.1.1 |
| OpenAlex | W1992656897 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
This article offers a close examination of the early twentieth-century studies of surgical motion conducted by Frank Gilbreth, the celebrated industrial efficiency expert. The willingness of surgeons to submit to Gilbreth's studies challenges conventional historical narratives, which have read these studies primarily as examples of the individual-effacing effects of technocracy. Through an exploration of the multiple motivations that brought surgeons and Gilbreth together, the article raises new interpretive possibilities for the study of American medicine, and also of industrial work and American culture in this period
Aesthetics · Art · Library science · Literature · Narrative · Political science · Technocracy · Computer Science · Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices · History · History of Medical Practice · Law · Medical History and Innovations · Medicine
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,4 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2023 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |