Surface tensions

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"--

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,  Human body, social aspects,  People with disabilities, psychology,  Corps humain,  Aspect social,  Image du corps,  Personnes handicapées,  Psychologie,  Disabled Persons,  Self Concept,  Social Adjustment,  Operative Surgical Procedures