Phantom Limb : Amputation, Embodiment, and Prosthetic Technology /
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 "naturalne...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
New York University Press,
[2014]
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Colección: | Biopolitics ;
16 |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Characterizing Phantoms
- 3. Features of Phantom Limb Syndrome
- 4. Phantoms in the Mind
- 5. Phantoms in the Brain
- 6. Phantom-Prosthetic Relations
- 7. Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Index
- About the Author