Skin, Culture and Psychoanalysis
Description
An interdisciplinary study of skin bridging cultural and psychoanalytic theory to consider how the body's "exterior" is central to human subjectivity and relations. The authors explore racialization, body modification, self-harm, and comedic representations of skin, drawing from the clinical domain, visual arts, popular culture, and literature.
Keywords
Social ScienceGender StudiesMedia StudiesAnthropologyCultural & SocialArtRegional StudiesPsychologyMovementsPsychoanalysisWomen's Studies
2013Book
Author(s)Sheila L. Cavanagh
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9780230365063
LanguageEnglish
