Asbestos – The Last Modernist Object

Intro -- Contents -- List Of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Series Editors' Preface -- Preface: What's The Use Of Writing About Asbestos? -- Introduction: Asbestos And Modernism -- 1 A Utopian Impulse -- Introduction -- 1 A Utopian Impulse -- 2 Clues And Mysteries -- Part Ii: Configuring Asbestos -- Introduction -- 3 Salamander Cotton -- 4 Illness Narratives -- 5 Compensating For Franz Kafka -- Part Iii: Transforming Asbestos -- Introduction -- 6 The Mine -- 7 The Factory -- 8 The Home -- Conclusion: The Dump -- Bibliography -- Index. Arthur Rose. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.