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9780393307023

The Body Silent

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  • ISBN13:

    9780393307023

  • ISBN10:

    0393307026

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1990-09-01
  • Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
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Summary

Drawing on his own experiences with a deepening quadruplegia, the author examines the threat posed to society by the handicapped while discussing the victim's own loss of self-esteem

Table of Contents

Preface xi
Prologue: Night Sounds 1(8)
I IN THE BEGINNING
Signs and Symptoms
9(26)
The Road to Entropy
35(22)
The Return
57(28)
II BODY, SELF, AND SOCIETY
The Damaged Self
85(27)
Encounters
112(25)
The Struggle for Autonomy
137(28)
III ON LIVING
The Deepening Silence
165(30)
Love and Dependency
195(26)
There's No Cure for Life
221(12)
Notes 233(6)
Bibliography 239

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