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Surface Tensions: Surgery, Bodily Boundaries, and the Social Self (in English)
Lenore Manderson
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Surface Tensions: Surgery, Bodily Boundaries, and the Social Self (in English) - Manderson, Lenore
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Synopsis "Surface Tensions: Surgery, Bodily Boundaries, and the Social Self (in English)"
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.
