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Remaking the body : rehabilitation and change

Title
Remaking the body : rehabilitation and change / Wendy Seymour.
Author
Seymour, Wendy.
Publication
London ; New York : Routledge, ©1998.

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Description
xvi, 202 pages; 22 cm
Summary
Exploring what happens to the sense of self after major physical impairment, Wendy Seymour interviews people who have suffered profound bodily paralysis, and finds that even major impairment hasn't destroyed these people's experience of an embodied self.
Subject
  • Paralysis > Psychological aspects
  • Paralysis > Social aspects
  • Paralytics > Rehabilitation
  • Body image
  • Paralysis > psychology
  • Body Image
  • Body image
  • Paralysis > Psychological aspects
  • Paralysis > Social aspects
  • Paralytics > Rehabilitation
  • Lähmung
  • Körpererfahrung
  • Psychische Belastung
  • Bewältigung
  • Menselijk lichaam
  • Gehandicapten
  • Sociale aspecten
  • Lichaamsattitude
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 186-195) and index.
Contents
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.
ISBN
  • 0415186013
  • 9780415186018
  • 0415186021
  • 9780415186025
LCCN
97046633
OCLC
  • ocm38048102
  • 38048102
  • SCSB-574097
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library