Remaking the Body
Rehabilitation and Change
Seiten
1998
Allen & Unwin (Verlag)
978-1-86448-499-1 (ISBN)
Allen & Unwin (Verlag)
978-1-86448-499-1 (ISBN)
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Looks at the role of embodiment in our sense of self. Focusing on people who have experienced dramatic bodily change in the form of physical disability, this book examines how their experiences of sexuality, incontinence, dressing and other everyday activities affect their sense of self.
Our lives are preoccupied with bodily maintenance. We spend many of our waking hours eating, exercising, washing, grooming and dressing in order to maintain our sense of self. What happens after major physical impairment? How do we relate to a damaged 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.
Our lives are preoccupied with bodily maintenance. We spend many of our waking hours eating, exercising, washing, grooming and dressing in order to maintain our sense of self. What happens after major physical impairment? How do we relate to a damaged 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.
Wendy Seymour is Senior Lecturer in the School of Social Work and Social Policy, University of South Australia. She is author of Bodily Alterations: An introduction to the sociology of the body for health workers.
ForewordAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1 The body2 Appearance and body image3 Social routines and relationships4 Sport and the body5 Intimate activities: sexuality6 Coping with embarrassment: bodily continence7 A new body in a new worldBibliographyIndex
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.2.1998 |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 140 x 215 mm |
| Gewicht | 360 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Lebenshilfe / Lebensführung |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Psychoanalyse / Tiefenpsychologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-86448-499-3 / 1864484993 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-86448-499-1 / 9781864484991 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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