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Extremities: thresholds of human embodiment.

Authors :
Wolf-Meyer M
Taussig KS
Source :
Medical anthropology [Med Anthropol] 2010 Apr; Vol. 29 (2), pp. 113-28.
Publication Year :
2010

Abstract

Emergent conditions of life at the end of the first decade of the twenty-first century create new opportunities and challenges for medical anthropology. The articles included in this special issue of Medical Anthropology suggest four areas that call out for more attention: the changing scientific and philosophical status of the human, including definitions of life and biology more broadly; the material consequences of anticipatory fictions; the expanding and intensifying forces invested in the production of bodies; and the emergent and historical conditions shaping expectations and experiences of bodies as they are managed and lived. In elaborating the significance of these issues, we provide an introduction to the articles included in this special issue and point to how the contributions to this collection offer models for approaching emergent forms of life.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1545-5882
Volume :
29
Issue :
2
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Medical anthropology
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
20455140
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/01459741003715425