Remaking the body : rehabilitation and change / / Wendy Seymour

• Autore: Seymour Wendy
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1998
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (181 p.)
• Disciplina: 155.9/16; 155.916; 362.438
• Soggetto topico: Paralysis - Psychological aspects; Paralysis - Social aspects; Paralytics - Rehabilitation; Body image
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; REMAKING THE BODY: Rehabilitation and change; Copyright; Contents; 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 PROGRAMINVOLVEMENT 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 socio
• Titolo autorizzato: Remaking the body
• ISBN: 1-134-66496-6; 0-203-20159-0; 0-415-18602-1; 1-280-32552-6; 1-134-66497-4; 9786610325528
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910170986203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II