Skin, Culture and Psychoanalysis

Cavanagh, S.; Failler, A.; Hurst, R.

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.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2013-01-21

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780230365063

DOI: 10.1057/9781137300041

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 277