BODY SILENT PA - Softcover

Murphy, Robert F.

 
9780393307023: BODY SILENT PA
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0393307026 ISBN 13: 9780393307023
Verlag: WW Norton & Co, 1990

Inhaltsangabe

"The most powerful book of its kind I've ever read.... Extraordinary powers of observation, generalization, and depth."—Oliver Sacks, author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat Winner of the Columbia University Lionel Trilling Award. Robert Murphy was in the prime of his career as an anthropologist when he felt the first symptom of a malady that would ultimately take him on an odyssey stranger than any field trip to the a tumor of the spinal cord that progressed slowly and irreversibly into quadriplegia. In this gripping account, Murphy explores society's fears, myths, and misunderstandings about disability, and the damage they inflict. He reports how paralysis—like all disabilities—assaults people's identity, social standing, and ties with others, while at the same time making the love of life burn even more fiercely.

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Verlag
WW Norton & Co
Erscheinungsdatum
1990
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0393307026
ISBN 13 
9780393307023
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
212
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