Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. xvi, 202 pages; 22 cm

Summary

1. 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

1. Paralysis > Psychological aspects
2. Paralysis > Social aspects
3. Paralytics > Rehabilitation
4. Body image
5. Paralysis > psychology
6. Body Image
7. Body image
8. Paralysis > Psychological aspects
9. Paralysis > Social aspects
10. Paralytics > Rehabilitation
11. Lähmung
12. Körpererfahrung
13. Psychische Belastung
14. Bewältigung
15. Menselijk lichaam
16. Gehandicapten
17. Sociale aspecten
18. Lichaamsattitude

Contents

1. 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.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Bibliography (note)

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