Compulsive Body Spaces presents a spatial understanding of compulsion. Providing a compelling account of the lives of 15 people with Tourette syndrome, it demystifies the seemingly irrational, purposeless and meaningless character of this behaviour.
Compulsive Body Spaces presents a spatial understanding of compulsion. Providing a compelling account of the lives of 15 people with Tourette syndrome, it demystifies the seemingly irrational, purposeless and meaningless character of this behaviour.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Diana Beljaars is a research fellow at the Swansea University Geography Department. Interested in culture, disability, and health, she combines human geography, medical humanities, continental philosophy, and Tourette syndrome-related neuropsychiatry. She published in Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers and co-edited Civic Spaces and Desire (Routledge).
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction Chapter 1: Confusions: Dead ends and (un)making sense Chapter 2: Complications: Neuropsychiatric rationalisations Chapter 3: Compulsive expressions Chapter 4: Urgency: On becoming compulsive Chapter 5: Configurations: Compulsive bodies Chapter 6: Object excess: Movement in concert Chapter 7: Compulsive durations: Ecologies of stability Chapter 8: Mediations: Finding ways with compulsive life Chapter 9: A compulsive worlding of (post)humanity
Introduction
Chapter 1: Confusions: Dead ends and (un)making sense