Research Catalog

Title

Remaking the body : rehabilitation and change / Wendy Seymour.

Author

Seymour, Wendy.

Publication

St. Leonards, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 1998.

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Details

Description

xvi, 202 p.; 22 cm.

Series Statement

Studies in society

Uniform Title

Studies in society.

Subject

• Human body > Social aspects
• Social medicine
• Paraplegics > Rehabilitation
• Quadriplegics > Rehabilitation
• Paraplegia > rehabilitation
• Quadriplegia > rehabilitation

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 186-195) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The body -- The body in sociology -- The research project -- Key themes of the research -- Methodology -- 2. Appearance and body image -- The body project: structural forces and human embodiment -- Disability and bodily expression -- 3. Social routines and relationships -- Social interactions and relationships -- Parenting -- Emotional and practical support -- Dependence -- Friendships -- Relationships in settings of professional care -- 4. Sport and the body -- Physical connections -- Previous involvement in sport -- The rehabilitation program -- Involvement in sport beyond the unit -- Advantages and disadvantages of the physical model -- 5. Intimate activities: sexuality -- Impact of sexual loss -- Professional neglect of sexual issues -- Sexual experiences -- Fertility -- 6. Coping with embarrassment: bodily continence -- The body and society -- The impact of incontinence on the embodied self -- Managing bodily incontinence -- Impact of bodily incontinence on relationships -- 7. A new body in a new world -- Embodiment: understanding the body in society -- Defining embodiment in a world of high technology -- Bibliography -- Index.

ISBN

1864484993 :

OCLC

• 38819596
• SCSB-11605012

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library