基本説明
Provides 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.
Full 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.
Contents
Preface; Prologue Perdita's Story; Chapter 1 The Body as Subject; Chapter 2 Our Cyborg Selves, and Other Modern Tales; Chapter 3 Visible Ruptures: The Art of Living with Lack; Chapter 4 Body Basics: Living with a Stoma; Chapter 5 The Feminine in Question; Chapter 6 Replaceable Parts: The End of Natural Life; Chapter 7 Conclusion: Necessity's Children;
