The Body In Pain
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The Body In Pain
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Author : Elaine Scarry
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 1985-09-26
The Body In Pain written by Elaine Scarry and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985-09-26 with Literary Criticism categories.
Part philosophical meditation, part cultural critique, The Body in Pain is a profoundly original study that has already stirred excitement in a wide range of intellectual circles. The book is an analysis of physical suffering and its relation to the numerous vocabularies and cultural forces--literary, political, philosophical, medical, religious--that confront it. Elaine Scarry bases her study on a wide range of sources: literature and art, medical case histories, documents on torture compiled by Amnesty International, legal transcripts of personal injury trials, and military and strategic writings by such figures as Clausewitz, Churchill, Liddell Hart, and Kissinger, She weaves these into her discussion with an eloquence, humanity, and insight that recall the writings of Hannah Arendt and Jean-Paul Sartre. Scarry begins with the fact of pain's inexpressibility. Not only is physical pain enormously difficult to describe in words--confronted with it, Virginia Woolf once noted, "language runs dry"--it also actively destroys language, reducing sufferers in the most extreme instances to an inarticulate state of cries and moans. Scarry analyzes the political ramifications of deliberately inflicted pain, specifically in the cases of torture and warfare, and shows how to be fictive. From these actions of "unmaking" Scarry turns finally to the actions of "making"--the examples of artistic and cultural creation that work against pain and the debased uses that are made of it. Challenging and inventive, The Body in Pain is landmark work that promises to spark widespread debate.
The Body In Pain In Irish Literature And Culture
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Author : Fionnuala Dillane
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2016-12-06
The Body In Pain In Irish Literature And Culture written by Fionnuala Dillane and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-12-06 with Literary Criticism categories.
This book elucidates the ways the pained and suffering body has been registered and mobilized in specifically Irish contexts across more than four hundred years of literature and culture. There is no singular approach to what pain means: the material addressed in this collection covers diverse cultural forms, from reports of battles and executions to stage and screen representations of sexual violence, produced in response to different historical circumstances in terms that confirm our understanding of how pain – whether endured or inflicted, witnessed or remediated – is culturally coded. Pain is as open to ongoing redefinition as the Ireland that features in all of the essays gathered here. This collection offers new paradigms for understanding Ireland’s literary and cultural history.
Bodies In Pain
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Author : Tarja Laine
language : en
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Release Date : 2017-04
Bodies In Pain written by Tarja Laine and has been published by Berghahn Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04 with Performing Arts categories.
The films of Darren Aronofsky invite emotional engagement by means of affective resonance between the film and the spectator’s lived body. Aronofsky’s films, which include a rich range of production from Requiem for a Dream to Black Swan, are often considered “cerebral” because they explore topics like mathematics, madness, hallucinations, obsessions, social anxiety, addiction, psychosis, schizophrenia, and neuroscience. Yet this interest in intelligence and mental processes is deeply embedded in the operations of the body, shared with the spectator by means of a distinctively corporeal audiovisual style. Bodies in Pain looks at how Aronofsky’s films engage the spectator in an affective form of viewing that involves all the senses, ultimately engendering a process of (self) reflection through their emotional dynamics.
Healing Back Pain
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Author : John E. Sarno
language : en
Publisher: Balance
Release Date : 2001-03-15
Healing Back Pain written by John E. Sarno and has been published by Balance this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-03-15 with Health & Fitness categories.
Dr. John E. Sarno's groundbreaking research on TMS (Tension Myoneural Syndrome) reveals how stress and other psychological factors can cause back pain-and how you can be pain free without drugs, exercise, or surgery. Dr. Sarno's program has helped thousands of patients find relief from chronic back conditions. In this New York Times bestseller, Dr. Sarno teaches you how to identify stress and other psychological factors that cause back pain and demonstrates how to heal yourself--without drugs, surgery or exercise. Find out: Why self-motivated and successful people are prone to Tension Myoneural Syndrome (TMS) How anxiety and repressed anger trigger muscle spasms How people condition themselves to accept back pain as inevitable With case histories and the results of in-depth mind-body research, Dr. Sarno reveals how you can recognize the emotional roots of your TMS and sever the connections between mental and physical pain...and start recovering from back pain today.
Sacred Pain
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Author : Ariel Glucklich
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2003-10-30
Sacred Pain written by Ariel Glucklich and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-10-30 with Religion categories.
Why would anyone seek out the very experience the rest of us most wish to avoid? Why would religious worshipers flog or crucify themselves, sleep on spikes, hang suspended by their flesh, or walk for miles through scorching deserts with bare and bloodied feet? In this insightful new book, Ariel Glucklich argues that the experience of ritual pain, far from being a form of a madness or superstition, contains a hidden rationality and can bring about a profound transformation of the consciousness and identity of the spiritual seeker. Steering a course between purely cultural and purely biological explanations, Glucklich approaches sacred pain from the perspective of the practitioner to fully examine the psychological and spiritual effects of self-hurting. He discusses the scientific understanding of pain, drawing on research in fields such as neuropsychology and neurology. He also ranges over a broad spectrum of historical and cultural contexts, showing the many ways mystics, saints, pilgrims, mourners, shamans, Taoists, Muslims, Hindus, Native Americans, and indeed members of virtually every religion have used pain to achieve a greater identification with God. He examines how pain has served as a punishment for sin, a cure for disease, a weapon against the body and its desires, or a means by which the ego may be transcended and spiritual sickness healed. "When pain transgresses the limits," the Muslim mystic Mizra Asadullah Ghalib is quoted as saying, "it becomes medicine." Based on extensive research and written with both empathy and critical insight, Sacred Pain explores the uncharted inner terrain of self-hurting and reveals how meaningful suffering has been used to heal the human spirit.
Chinese Medicine For Lower Body Pain
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Author : Benjamin Apichai
language : en
Publisher: CRC Press
Release Date : 2021-01-20
Chinese Medicine For Lower Body Pain written by Benjamin Apichai and has been published by CRC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-20 with Health & Fitness categories.
Pain medication is widely used to treat patients who suffer from acute and chronic pain. However, it is not the only treatment option available for managing back and leg pain—there are alternate means of managing pain without the risk of adverse side effects that come with opioid use. Chinese Medicine for Lower Body Pain further explores other pain management options, introducing treatments such as acupuncture, herbal medicine, and Tui Na Chinese bodywork. Providing explanations in terms of anatomy, pathology, and etiology for both western and Chinese medicine, this book also provides self-care instruction that is effective and easy to follow. Key Features: Introduces acupuncture treatments including needling, cupping, moxibustion, bleeding techniques, and electro-acupuncture techniques Teaches treatments in all modalities in Chinese medicine Recommends dietary, exercise, and self-care protocols for patients Includes photos for reference and ease of understanding The treatment methods introduced in this book are the most recognized and effective pain management practices currently in use. This book would be suitable for healthcare practitioners as well as patients who want to better understand and mitigate their pain. Along with Chinese Medicine for Upper Body Pain (ISBN: 9781032066004), the author covers the use of Chinese medicine for pain management for the complete body.
Performing Bodies In Pain
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Author : M. Carlson
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2010-08-16
Performing Bodies In Pain written by M. Carlson and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-08-16 with History categories.
This text analyzes the cultural work of spectacular suffering in contemporary discourse and late-medieval France, reading recent dramatizations of torture and performances of self-mutilating conceptual art against late-medieval saint plays.
Pictures Of The Body
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Author : James Elkins
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999
Pictures Of The Body written by James Elkins and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Art categories.
In a wide-ranging argument moving from Sumerian demons to Lucian Freud, from Syriac prayer books to John Carpenter's film The Thing, this book explores the ways the body has been represented through time. A response to the vertiginous increase in writings on bodily representations, it attempts to form a single coherent account of the possible forms of representation of the body. This work brings together concerns, images, and concepts from a wide range of perspectives: art history and criticism, the history and philosophy of medicine, the history of race, phenomenological and post-phenomenological thought, studies of feminism and pornography, and the new interest in visual studies. Yet it is less a philosopher's look at history or a historian's foray into philosophy than a practical and critical look at the current constellation of art practices. Above all, it is intended to be of immediate use in the conceptualization and production of visual art and its history.
Yoga For Pain Relief
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Author : Kelly McGonigal
language : en
Publisher: New Harbinger Publications
Release Date : 2009-12-02
Yoga For Pain Relief written by Kelly McGonigal and has been published by New Harbinger Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-12-02 with Health & Fitness categories.
It's no secret that yoga increases muscular flexibility and strength, but you may not know that yoga is a proven treatment for back pain, knee pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, and other chronic pain conditions. Yoga also helps to ease the stress, anxiety, and depression that can create and reinforce pain, making you feel more comfortable in both your mind and your body. Written by a yoga instructor and former chronic pain sufferer, Yoga for Pain Relief is packed with gentle postures and practical strategies for ending pain. This complete mind-body tool kit for healing also includes deep relaxation practices drawn from the yogic tradition and psychological techniques for helping you make peace with your body and dissolve pain. As the ancient practice of yoga releases the hold that chronic pain has over your life, you will begin to feel more like yourself again.
Why Do I Hurt A Patient Book About Neuroscience Of Pain Neuroscience Education For Patients In Pain
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Author : Adriaan Louw
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
Why Do I Hurt A Patient Book About Neuroscience Of Pain Neuroscience Education For Patients In Pain written by Adriaan Louw and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Pain categories.