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Surface Tensions: Surgery, Bodily Boundaries, and the Social Self
Surface Tensions Surgery Bodily Boundaries and the Social Self
Author: Lenore Manderson
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-...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781611320985
ISBN-10: 1611320984
Publication Date: 10/31/2011
Pages: 288
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Publisher: Left Coast Press
Book Type: Paperback
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