| Fracture: Adventures of a Broken Body Contributor(s): Oakley, Ann (Author) |
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ISBN: 1861349378 ISBN-13: 9781861349378 Publisher: Policy Press OUR PRICE: $25.16 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2007 Annotation: The starting point of Ann Oakley's fascinating new book is the fracture of her right arm in the grounds of a hotel in the US. What begins as an accident becomes a journey into some critical themes of modern Western culture. Fracture mixes personal experience the author's and other people's with facts derived from other literatures, including the history of medicine, neurology, the sociology of health and illness, philosophy, and legal discourses on the right to life, and people as victims of a greedy litigation system. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Essays |
| Dewey: 306.461 |
| LCCN: 2007280121 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.1" W x 7.7" (0.45 lbs) 192 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Fracturing her arm in the grounds of a hotel in the USA leads Ann Oakley on a journey into some critical themes of modern Western culture. |
Contributor Bio(s): Oakley, Ann: - Ann Oakley is professor of sociology and social policy at the UCL Institute of Education. |