TY  - BOOK
AU  - Manderson,Lenore
ED  - ProQuest (Firm)
TI  - Surface tensions: surgery, bodily boundaries, and the social self 
AV  - HM636 .M33 2011
U1  - 305.9/08 23
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Walnut Creek, Calif.
PB  - Left Coast Press
KW  - Human body
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Body image
KW  - People with disabilities
KW  - Psychology
KW  - Medical anthropology
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries
N2  - "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"--
UR  - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bacm-ebooks/detail.action?docID=775173
ER  -