Surface Tensions : Surgery, Bodily Boundaries, and the Social Self PDF
by Lenore Manderson
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Surface Tensions is an expansive, yet intimate study of how people remake themselves after catastrophic bodily change-the loss of limbs, the loss of function, the loss or replacement of organs.
Against a sweeping cultural backdrop of art, popular culture, and the history of science and medicine, Manderson uses narrative epistemology based on in-depth interviews with over 300 individuals to show how they re-establish the coherence of their bodies, identities, and biographies.
In addition to offering important new insights into the care, rehabilitation, and rehabituation of post-trauma patients, Manderson's work challenges conventional ideas about the nature of embodiment and is an important contribution to medical anthropology, disability studies, and cultural studies.
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- Pages:295 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis
- Publication Date:16/06/2016
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Download - Immediately Available
- Format:PDF
- Pages:295 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis
- Publication Date:16/06/2016
- Category:
- ISBN:9781315419480