Beschreibung:
Using a narrative epistemology approach against the backdrop of popular culture and the history of science, Manderson shows how people remake their bodies, identities, and biographies after catastrophic bodily loss and change.
Preface; Prologue Perdita's Story; Chapter 1 The Body as Subject; Chapter 2 Our Cyborg Selves, and Other Modern Tales; Chapter 3 Visible Ruptures: The Art of Living with Lack; Chapter 4 Body Basics: Living with a Stoma; Chapter 5 The Feminine in Question; Chapter 6 Replaceable Parts: The End of Natural Life; Chapter 7 Conclusion: Necessity's Children;