Phantom Limb: Amputation, Embodiment, and Prosthetic Technology

(Part of the Biopolitics Series)

by Cassandra Crawford

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Phantom limb pain is one of the most intractable and merciless pains ever known--a pain that haunts appendages that do not physically exist, often persisting with uncanny realness long after fleshy limbs have been traumatically, surgically, or congenitally lost. The very existence and "naturalness" of this pain has been instrumental in modern science's ability to create prosthetic technologies that many feel have transformative, self-actualizing,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0814760120

ISBN13:9780814760123

Release Date:January 2014

Publisher:New York University Press

Length:314 Pages

Weight:0.90 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"

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