The starting point of Ann Oakley's fascinating book is the fracture
of her right arm in the grounds of a hotel in the USA. What begins
as an accident becomes a journey into some critical themes of
modern Western culture: the crisis of embodiment and the perfect
self; the confusion between body and identity; the commodification
of bodies and body parts; the intrusive surveillance and
profiteering of medicine and the law; the problem of ageing; and
the identification of women, particularly, with bodies - from the
intensely ambiguous two-in-one state of pregnancy to women's later
transformation into unproductive, brittle skeletons. "Fracture"
mixes personal experience (the author's and other people's) with
'facts' derived from other literatures, including the history of
medicine, neurology, the sociology of health and illness,
philosophy, and legal discourses on the right to life and people as
victims of a greedy litigation system. The book's genre spans
fiction/non-fiction, autobiography and social theory.
General
| Imprint: |
Policy Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
April 2007 |
| First published: |
April 2007 |
| Authors: |
Ann Oakley
|
| Dimensions: |
199 x 129 x 11mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
186 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-86134-937-8 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Sociology, social studies >
Social theory
|
| LSN: |
1-86134-937-8 |
| Barcode: |
9781861349378 |
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