Surface tensions : surgery, bodily boundaries, and the social self

Surface tensions : surgery, bodily boundaries, and the social self /

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, Ma...

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Main Author: Manderson, Lenore
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Walnut Creek : Left Coast Press, 2011
Subjects:
Human body > Social aspects.
Body image.
People with disabilities > Psychology.
Medical anthropology.
Personality development.
Art.
Culture.
Personality.
Ethnology.
Human behavior.
Humanities.
Anthropology.
Social sciences.
People with disabilities.
Social adjustment.
Surgery, Operative.
Self-perception.
Social Behavior
Personality Development
Art
Culture
Persons
Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment
Personality
Anthropology, Cultural
Behavior
Named Groups
Humanities
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms
Anthropology
Psychiatry and Psychology
Social Sciences
Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena
Disabled Persons
Human Body
Social Adjustment
Surgical Procedures, Operative
Self Concept
Body Image
Ethnology
works of art.
fine arts (discipline)
culture note.
ethnology.
social anthropology.
human behavior.
humanities.
anthropology.
social sciences.
physically handicapped.
handicapped.
culture (concept)
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