Remaking the Body

Rehabilitation and Change
1. Auflage 1998
ISBN: 978-0-415-18602-5
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 220 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 283 g

In Remaking the Body, Wendy Seymour interviews men and women who have suffered profound bodily paralysis, and explores how they deal with their appearance, relationships, sexuality, incontinence and sport. She finds that even major impairment hasn't annihilated these people's experience of an embodied self. She shows that the process of self-reconstruction is interwoven with social expectations and argues that the experience of disability highlights the continuous work involved in embodiment for everyone.
Remaking the Body is a major contribution to the field of the sociology of the body and essential reading for rehabilitation professionals and students.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Seymour, Wendy

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Physiotherapie, Physikalische Therapie Rehabilitation
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Invalidität, Krankheit und Abhängigkeit: Soziale Aspekte
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Differentielle Psychologie, Persönlichkeitspsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 The body; Chapter 2 Appearance and body image; Chapter 3 Social routines and relationships; Chapter 4 Sport and the body; Chapter 5 Intimate activities: sexuality; Chapter 6 Coping with embarrassment: bodily continence; Chapter 7 A new body in a new world;

Über Autor(innen)

Wendy Seymour