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" Surface tensions : "
Lenore Manderson
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BL
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646446
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dltt
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Manderson, Lenore
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Surface tensions : : surgery, bodily boundaries, and the social self /\ Lenore Manderson
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294 pages :: illustrations ;; 23 cm
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9781611320978 (hardback)
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: 1611320976 (hardback)
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: 9781611320985 (pbk.)
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: 1611320984 (pbk.)
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: 9781611320992 (ebook)
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: 1611320992 (ebook)
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-283) and index
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| Contents
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Prologue: Perdita's story -- 1. The body as subject -- 2. Our cyborg selves, and other modern tales -- 3. Visible ruptures: the art of living with lack -- 4. Body basics: living with a stoma -- 5. The feminine in question -- 6. Replaceable parts: the end of natural life -- Conclusion: necessity's children
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"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"--
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Human body-- Social aspects
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Body image
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People with disabilities-- Psychology
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Medical anthropology
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305.9/08
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HM636.M33 2011
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