Plastic Bodies

Author : Emilia Sanabria
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780822374190

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Plastic Bodies by Emilia Sanabria Pdf

In Plastic Bodies Emilia Sanabria examines how sex hormones are enrolled to create, mold, and discipline social relations and subjectivities. She shows how hormones have become central to contemporary understandings of the body, class, gender, sex, personhood, modernity, and Brazilian national identity. Through interviews with women and doctors; observations in clinics, research centers and pharmacies; and analyses of contraceptive marketing, Sanabria traces the genealogy of menstrual suppression, from its use in population control strategies in the global South to its remarketing as a practice of pharmaceutical self-enhancement couched in neoliberal notions of choice. She links the widespread practice of menstrual suppression and other related elective medical interventions to Bahian views of the body as a malleable object that requires constant work. Given this bodily plasticity, and its potentially limitless character, the book considers ways to assess the values attributed to bodily interventions. Plastic Bodies will be of interest to all those working in medical anthropology, gender studies, and sexual and reproductive health.

Author : Vladimir Palmov
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-09
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783540696360

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Vibrations of Elasto-Plastic Bodies by Vladimir Palmov Pdf

Undeservedly little attention is paid in the vast literature on the theories of vibration and plasticity to the problem of steady-state vibrations in elastoplastic bodies. This problem, however, is of considerable interest and has many important applications. The problem of low-cyclic fatigue of metals, which is now in a well de veloped state is one such application. The investigations within this area are actually directed to collecting experimental facts about repeated cyclic loadings, cf. [47J. Theoretical investigations within this area usually con sider the hysteretic loops and the construction of models of plasticity theory which are applicable to the analysis of repeated loadings and the study of the simplest dynamic problems. Another area of application of the theory of the vibration of elastoplas tic bodies is the applied theory of amplitude-dependent internal damping. Another name for this theory is the theory of energy dissipation in vibrat ing bodies. In accordance with the point of view of Davidenkov "internal damping" in many metals, alloys and structural materials under consider able stress presents exactly the effect of micro plastic deformations. There fore, it may be described by the methods of plasticity theory. This point of view is no doubt fruitful for the theory of energy dissipation in vibrating bodies, as it allows one to write down the constitutive equations appropri ate both for vibrational analysis of three-dimensional stress states and an investigation of nonharmonic deformation. These problems are known to be important for the theory of internal damping.

Author : J. Necas,I. Hlavácek
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2017-02-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781483291918

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Mathematical Theory of Elastic and Elasto-Plastic Bodies by J. Necas,I. Hlavácek Pdf

The book acquaints the reader with the basic concepts and relations of elasticity and plasticity, and also with the contemporary state of the theory, covering such aspects as the nonlinear models of elasto-plastic bodies and of large deflections of plates, unilateral boundary value problems, variational principles, the finite element method, and so on.

Author : Emilia Sanabria
Publisher : Duke University Press Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0822361426

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Plastic Bodies by Emilia Sanabria Pdf

In Plastic Bodies Emilia Sanabria examines how sex hormones are enrolled to create, mold, and discipline social relations and subjectivities. She shows how hormones have become central to contemporary understandings of the body, class, gender, sex, personhood, modernity, and Brazilian national identity. Through interviews with women and doctors; observations in clinics, research centers and pharmacies; and analyses of contraceptive marketing, Sanabria traces the genealogy of menstrual suppression, from its use in population control strategies in the global South to its remarketing as a practice of pharmaceutical self-enhancement couched in neoliberal notions of choice. She links the widespread practice of menstrual suppression and other related elective medical interventions to Bahian views of the body as a malleable object that requires constant work. Given this bodily plasticity, and its potentially limitless character, the book considers ways to assess the values attributed to bodily interventions. Plastic Bodies will be of interest to all those working in medical anthropology, gender studies, and sexual and reproductive health.

Author : A.N. Guz
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783540696339

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Fundamentals of the Three-Dimensional Theory of Stability of Deformable Bodies by A.N. Guz Pdf

At the present time stability theory of deformable systems has been developed into a manifold field within solid mechanics with methods, techniques and approaches of its own. We can hardly name a branch of industry or civil engineering where the results of the stability theory have not found their application. This extensive development together with engineering applications are reflected in a flurry of papers appearing in periodicals as well as in a plenty of monographs, textbooks and reference books. In so doing, overwhelming majority of researchers, con cerned with the problems of practical interest, have dealt with the loss of stability in the thin-walled structural elements. Trying to simplify solution of the problems, they have used two- and one-dimensional theories based on various auxiliary hypotheses. This activity contributed a lot to the preferential development of the stability theory of thin-walled structures and organisation of this theory into a branch of solid mechanics with its own up-to-date methods and trends, but left three-dimensional linearised theory of deformable bodies stability (TL TDBS), methods of solving and solutions of the three-dimensional stability problems themselves almost without attention. It must be emphasised that by three dimensional theories and problems in this book are meant those theories and problems which do not draw two-dimensional plate and shell and one-dimensional rod theories.

Author : H. Steinhoff
Publisher : Springer
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2015-05-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137493798

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Transforming Bodies by H. Steinhoff Pdf

At the turn of the twenty-first century, American media abound with images and narratives of bodily transformations. At the crossroads of American, cultural, literary, media, gender, queer, disability and governmentality studies, the book presents a timely intervention into critical debates on body transformations and contemporary makeover culture.

Author : Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, Mabel Collins
Publisher : Philaletheians UK
Page : 17 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2018-01-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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After-death states of man’s three astral bodies by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, Mabel Collins Pdf

A dialogue between the two Editors of Lucifer, Helena Petrovna Blavatsky and Mabel Collins on astral bodies or doppelgängers. Lucifer was a monthly theosophical journal published from September 1887 to August, 1897, in London. There are three kinds of “doubles” or astral bodies: 1. The most material double: the Protean or plastic body (linga-sharira) of the gross physical body (shtula-sharira). 2. The middle, psycho-physical double: the “thought” or “dream” body (kama-manas), vehicle of animal desires (kama) and worldly thoughts (manas). Occultists call it the illusion-body (mayavi-rupa). 3. The truly spiritual double: the true Ego (monas + manas) is the causal body (karana-sharira) and chief cause of reincarnation, known in the trans-Himalayan schools as the karmic body. Adepts can project consciously, and dying persons unconsciously, an illusory appearance of their person to any distant location — while their physical body is left “entranced.” This phantom is termed mayavi-rupa. The ability to project a mayavic rupa depends upon the plastic power of the imagination and the higher faculties of the mind. Imagination is far more intense in those who are spiritually minded, than in those whose metaphysical part of the brain has atrophied, for it is by this very intense imagination that the former obtain the power of creation. However, when armed with a powerful imagination, a malicious person can turn unconsciously bad thoughts to a lethal weapon. Unless the evil-wisher is a high adept in Black Magic, in which case his karma is delayed, such a wish only comes back to roost. Warning to students of occultism: learn how to adapt your ideas and thoughts to your plastic potency. Otherwise, you are creating things by which you may be making bad karma.

Author : J. D. White,John Hugh McQuillen,George Jacob Ziegler,James William White,Edward Cameron Kirk,Lovick Pierce Anthony
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1872
Category : Dentistry
ISBN : UOMDLP:acf8385:0003.001

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The Dental Cosmos: A Monthly Record Of Dental Science by J. D. White,John Hugh McQuillen,George Jacob Ziegler,James William White,Edward Cameron Kirk,Lovick Pierce Anthony Pdf

Author : Mirjam Grewe-Salfeld
Publisher : transcript Verlag
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783839460047

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Biohacking, Bodies and Do-It-Yourself by Mirjam Grewe-Salfeld Pdf

From self-help books and nootropics, to self-tracking and home health tests, to the tinkering with technology and biological particles - biohacking brings biology, medicine, and the material foundation of life into the sphere of »do-it-yourself«. This trend has the potential to fundamentally change people's relationship with their bodies and biology but it also creates new cultural narratives of responsibility, authority, and differentiation. Covering a broad range of examples, this book explores practices and representations of biohacking in popular culture, discussing their ambiguous position between empowerment and requirement, promise and prescription.

Author : J. D. White,John Hugh McQuillen,George Jacob Ziegler,James William White,Edward Cameron Kirk,Lovick Pierce Anthony
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 716 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1861
Category : Dentistry
ISBN : UCAL:B3711465

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The Dental Cosmos by J. D. White,John Hugh McQuillen,George Jacob Ziegler,James William White,Edward Cameron Kirk,Lovick Pierce Anthony Pdf

Author : Geoffrey Davies
Publisher : Butterworth-Heinemann
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03-30
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780080969794

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Materials for Automobile Bodies by Geoffrey Davies Pdf

1 Introduction -- 2 Design and material utilization -- 3 Materials for consideration and use in automotive body structures -- 4 The role of demonstration, concept and competition cars -- 5 Component manufacture -- 6 Component assembly: materials joining technology -- 7 Corrosion and protection of the automotive structure -- 8 Environmental considerations -- 9 Future trends in automotive body materials.

Author : Julie Kent
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780415688819

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Regenerating Bodies by Julie Kent Pdf

This book develops a sociological analysis of the emergence of regenerative medicine, providing critical insights into what it means to 'regenerate bodies'. It examines how human tissues and cells are being exchanged, commodified and commercialized by new health technologies. Through a discussion of emergent global 'tissue economies', the author explores the social dynamics of innovation in the fields of tissue engineering and stem cell science.

Author : John D. Lantos
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2011-10-03
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781421403571

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Controversial Bodies by John D. Lantos Pdf

Controversial, fascinating, disturbing, and often beautiful, plastinated human bodies—such as those found at Body Worlds exhibitions throughout the world—have gripped the public's imagination. These displays have been lauded as educational, sparked protests, and drawn millions of visitors. This book looks at the powerful sway these corpses hold over their living audiences everywhere. Plastination was invented in the 1970s by German anatomist Gunther von Hagens. The process transforms living tissues into moldable plastic that can then be hardened into a permanent shape. Von Hagens first exhibited his expertly dissected, artfully posed plastinated bodies in Japan in 1995. Since then, his shows have continuously attracted so many paying customers that they have inspired imitators, brought accusations of unethical or even illegal behavior, and ignited vigorous debates among scientists, educators, religious leaders, and law enforcement officials. These lively, thought-provoking, and sometimes personal essays reflect on such public displays from ethical, legal, cultural, religious, pedagogical, and aesthetic perspectives. They examine what lies behind the exhibitions' popularity and explore the ramifications of turning corpses into a spectacle of amusement. Contributions from bioethicists, historians, physicians, anatomists, theologians, and novelists dig deeply into issues that compel, upset, and unsettle us all.

Author : C.M. Taylor,T.H.C. Childs,Y. Berthier,L. Flamand,G. Dalmaz,D. Dowson,A A Lubrecht,J.M. Georges
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 760 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1996-09-11
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0080875955

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The Third Body Concept: Interpretation of Tribological Phenomena by C.M. Taylor,T.H.C. Childs,Y. Berthier,L. Flamand,G. Dalmaz,D. Dowson,A A Lubrecht,J.M. Georges Pdf

The central theme of this book, The Third Body Concept: Interpretation of Tribological Phenomena, was chosen to honour the work of Professor Maurice Godet. The aim of this and previous conferences in the series is to select a topic of current interest to tribologists in order to further advance knowledge in selected fields. Presented by leading scientists from 23 countries, these proceedings provide an up-to-date review of developments in this field..

Author : Jocelynne A. Scutt
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2020-11-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030279981

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Beauty, Women's Bodies and the Law by Jocelynne A. Scutt Pdf

What makes a woman’s body beautiful? Plastic surgery, cosmetic surgery and non-surgical interventions such as Botox are changing women’s bodies physically and affecting cultural notions and expectations of what it means to be a woman. Yet where does the law stand? Is the renovation of women’s bodies legal? This book explores a range of topics, including: whether shape-changing by surgical and non-surgical means is ‘really’ what women want; the question of legal intervention when operations, injections and other methods go wrong; the impact of consent determinations on whether women can or cannot freely seek changes to their body structure; and the role which culture and social expectations play in women’s decision-making. Taking a legal perspective on the vast range of ‘beauty’ interventions available to women, Scutt discusses women’s perceptions of body and beauty, pressures on women to conform to ‘idealised’ notions of the perfect woman’s body, and outcomes of legal actions including those taken by individual women who are unhappy with results, as well as those launched against companies trading in products advertised as safe and for women’s benefit. Beauty, Women’s Bodies and the Law will appeal to readers with an interest in women’s and gender studies, law, and cultural studies.