Corporeality, Medical Technologies and Contemporary Culture

ISBN-13: 9780415593229 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 16 str.

Francisco Ortega

Opis

Utilising a theoretical framework that is mainly informed by the phenomenology of the body, feminist theory, disability studies and the thought of Michel Foucault, this book addresses several ethical and psychological issues associated with the experience and perception of the body in our cultural landscape.

Spis treści

1. The body between constructionism and phenomenology 2. The transparent body. Toward a phenomenological critique of the medical visualization of the body 3. From ascesis to bioascesis 4. Bodies on Trial. Glimpses into the legal implications of biological identities and the challenges of disability.

O autorze

Francisco Ortega is Associate Professor at the Institute for Social Medicine of the State University of Rio de Janeiro, and Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Social Science, Health and Medicine of King’s College, London (2012-2013).