TY  - GEN
T1  - Surface tensions surgery, bodily boundaries, and the social self
A1  - Manderson, Lenore.
LA  - English
PP  - Walnut Creek, Calif.
PB  - Left Coast Press
YR  - 2011
UL  - https://colectivo.uloyola.es/Record/ELB159575
AB  - "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"--
OP  - 294
CN  - HM636 .M33 2011
SN  - 9781611320992
KW  - Human body : Social aspects.
KW  - Body image.
KW  - People with disabilities : Psychology.
KW  - Medical anthropology.
KW  - Electronic books.
ER  -