Skin, Culture and Psychoanalysis

by Sheila L. Cavanagh

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 023036506X
• ISBN13: 9780230365063
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 277 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.6"