Surface tensions
Subtitle: surgery, bodily boundaries, and the social self
By: Lenore Manderson
Publisher: Left Coast Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Walnut Creek, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 294
ISBN-13: 9781611320978; 9781611320985; 9781611320992
Subjects: Body image; Medical anthropology; Psychology; Social aspects; MEDICAL / Prosthesis; HEALTH & FITNESS / Physical Impairments; People with disabilities; SOCIAL SCIENCE / People with Disabilities; Human body; MEDICAL / Public Health; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
Description: "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"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Preface Prologue: Perdita's Story 1. The Body as Subject 2. Our Cyborg Selves, and other Modern Tales 3. Visible Ruptures: The Art of Living with Lack 4. Body Basics: Living with a Stoma 5. The Feminine in Question 6. Replaceable Parts: The End of Natural Life 7. Conclusion: Necessity's Children.