Our Strange Body /

The ever increasing ability of medical technology to reshape the human body in fundamental ways - from organ and tissue transplants to reconstructive surgery and prosthetics - is something now largely taken for granted. But for a philosopher, such interventions raise fundamental and fascinating ques...

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Main Author: Slatman, Jenny (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2014]
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface & Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Heavy, Inanimate, and Nauseating Bodies
  • 2. Body Boundaries
  • 3. Mirror, Please Tell Me Who I Am
  • 4. I Exist on the Outside
  • 5. My Strange I
  • Epilogue
  • Works Cited
  • Index of Names
  • Index of Subjects