@article{458070,
      recid = {458070},
      author = {Manderson, Lenore.},
      title = {Surface tensions surgery, bodily boundaries, and the  social self / [electronic resource] :},
      publisher = {Left Coast Press,},
      address = {Walnut Creek, Calif. :},
      pages = {294 p.},
      year = {2011},
      abstract = {"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"--},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/458070},
}