A body that matters? The role of embodiment in the recomposition of life after a road traffic accident

Drawing on a study of life after road traffic accidents, this article explores the role of the body and embodiment for disability – as well as for ability. It introduces the empirically more open and less medicalized terms ‘decomposition’ and ‘recomposition’ to get around and avoid being appropriate...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ingunn Moser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Stockholm University Press 2009-07-01
Series:Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research
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Online Access:https://www.sjdr.se/articles/329