Surface tensions [electronic resource] : surgery, bodily boundaries, and the social self / Lenore Manderson.

9781611320978 (hardback)
9781611320985 (pbk.)
9781611320992 (e-book)

Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast Press, 2011.

English

294 p.

HM636 .M33 2011eb

305.9/08

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

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