Machine generated contents note: Preface Prologue: Perdita's Story 1. The Body as Subject 2. Our Cyborg Selves, and other Modern Tales 3. Visible Ruptures: The Art of Living with Lack 4. Body Basics: Living with a Stoma 5. The Feminine in Question 6. Replaceable Parts: The End of Natural Life 7. Conclusion: Necessity's Children.
Surface tensions : surgery, bodily boundaries, and the social self by Lenore Manderson. ISBN 9781611320985. Published by Left Coast in 2011. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.