The Absent Hand

Author : Suzannah Lessard
Publisher : Catapult
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2020-03-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781640093515

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The Absent Hand by Suzannah Lessard Pdf

"Of beach plums, ramps, and Ramada Inns: a quietly sensitive eminently sensible consideration of the landscapes of our lives . . . A gift." —Kirkus Reviews Following her bestselling The Architect of Desire, Suzannah Lessard returns with a remarkable book, a work of relentless curiosity and a graceful mixture of observation and philosophy. This intriguing hybrid will remind some of W. G. Sebald’s work and others of Rebecca Solnit’s, but it is Lessard’s singular talent to combine this profound book–length mosaic— a blend of historical travelogue, reportorial probing, philosophical meditation, and prose poem—into a work of unique genius, as she describes and reimagines our landscapes. In this exploration of our surroundings, The Absent Hand contends that to reimagine landscape is a form of cultural reinvention. This engrossing work of literary nonfiction is a deep dive into our surroundings—cities, countryside, and sprawl—exploring change in the meaning of place and reimagining the world in a time of transition. Whether it be climate change altering the meaning of nature, or digital communications altering the nature of work, the effects of global enclosure on the meaning of place are panoramic, infiltrative, inescapable. No one will finish this book, this journey, without having their ideas of living and settling in their surroundings profoundly enriched.

Author : Adrian E. Flatt
Publisher : Quality Medical Publishing
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Hand
ISBN : UOM:39015029858563

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The Care of Congenital Hand Anomalies by Adrian E. Flatt Pdf

Author : Drew Leder
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1990-07-20
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 0226469999

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The Absent Body by Drew Leder Pdf

The body plays a central role in shaping our experience of the world. Why, then, are we so frequently oblivious to our own bodies? We gaze at the world, but rarely see our own eyes. We may be unable to explain how we perform the simplest of acts. We are even less aware of our internal organs and the physiological processes that keep us alive. In this fascinating work, Drew Leder examines all the ways in which the body is absent—forgotten, alien, uncontrollable, obscured. In part 1, Leder explores a wide range of bodily functions with an eye to structures of concealment and alienation. He discusses not only perception and movement, skills and tools, but a variety of "bodies" that philosophers tend to overlook: the inner body with its anonymous rhythms; the sleeping body into which we nightly lapse; the prenatal body from which we first came to be. Leder thereby seeks to challenge "primacy of perception." In part 2, Leder shows how this phenomenology allows us to rethink traditional concepts of mind and body. Leder argues that Cartesian dualism exhibits an abiding power because it draws upon life-world experiences. Descartes' corpus is filled with disruptive bodies which can only be subdued by exercising "disembodied" reason. Leder explores the origins of this notion of reason as disembodied, focusing upon the hidden corporeality of language and thought. In a final chapter, Leder then proposes a new ethic of embodiment to carry us beyond Cartesianism. This original, important, and accessible work uses examples from the author's medical training throughout. It will interest all those concerned with phenomenology, the philosophy of mind, or the Cartesian tradition; those working in the health care professions; and all those fascinated by the human body.

Author : Benjamin Joseph,James Robb,Randall T Loder,Ian Torode
Publisher : Springer
Page : 427 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2015-06-12
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9788132223924

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Paediatric Orthopaedic Diagnosis by Benjamin Joseph,James Robb,Randall T Loder,Ian Torode Pdf

The book presents a problem-based, rational approach to the diagnosis of orthopaedic problems in children. It is divided into four sections based on the age at which specific problems may be encountered; the newborn and infant, the toddler and the pre-school child, the child in the school-going age and the adolescent. The authors outline a systematic approach to arrive at a tentative diagnosis by asking relevant questions related to the presenting symptom and then performing a thorough clinical examination. They then suggest the most appropriate investigations to confirm the diagnosis. Each chapter deals with the common conditions that may lead to the problem; the rarer causes of the problem are listed at the end. This feature would make the book a practical manual and a high quality reference source. An important feature of the book is the number and quality of illustrations and video clips in the electronic version.

Author : J D Hilarius Dale
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1874
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:600102730

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The sacristan's manual; or, Hand book of church furniture by J D Hilarius Dale Pdf

Author : Harvey Chim
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2024-04-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780443130144

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Advances in Microsurgical Reconstruction in the Upper Extremity, An Issue of Hand Clinics by Harvey Chim Pdf

In this issue of Hand Clinics, guest editors Drs. Harvey Chim and Kevin Chung bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Advances in Microsurgical Reconstruction in the Upper Extremity. Top experts in the field discuss techniques, outcomes, and new developments such as perforator mapping, thin flaps, and functional muscle transfers, providing surgeons with expert guidance and resources in order to maximize function. Contains 14 relevant, practice-oriented topics including recent advances in upper extremity microsurgery: from traditional to perforator flaps; evolution and application of ultrasound for flap planning in upper extremity reconstruction; functional free muscle transfers for reconstruction of the paralytic limb; functional free muscle transfers for reconstruction of brachial plexus injuries; and more. Provides in-depth clinical reviews on advances in microsurgical reconstruction in the upper extremity, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.

Author : Cornelius Webbe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1857
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:600055259

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The Absent Man by Cornelius Webbe Pdf

Author : United States. Patent and Trademark Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1396 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1993-10
Category : Patents
ISBN : WISC:89050365352

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Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office by United States. Patent and Trademark Office Pdf

Author : Emily Kelley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781351573764

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Binding the Absent Body in Medieval and Modern Art by Emily Kelley Pdf

This collection of essays considers artistic works that deal with the body without a visual representation. It explores a range of ways to represent this absence of the figure: from abject elements such as bodily fluids and waste to surrogate forms including reliquaries, manuscripts, and cloth. The collection focuses on two eras, medieval and modern, when images referencing the absent body have been far more prolific in the history of art. In medieval times, works of art became direct references to the absent corporal essence of a divine being, like Christ, or were used as devotional aids. By contrast, in the modern era artists often reject depictions of the physical body in order to distance themselves from the history of the idealized human form. Through these essays, it becomes apparent, even when the body is not visible in a work of art, it is often still present tangentially. Though the essays in this volume bridge two historical periods, they have coherent thematic links dealing with abjection, embodiment, and phenomenology. Whether figurative or abstract, sacred or secular, medieval or modern, the body maintains a presence in these works even when it is not at first apparent.

Author : Suzannah Lessard
Publisher : Delta
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01-23
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780307830487

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The Architect of Desire by Suzannah Lessard Pdf

The story of Stanford White--his scandalous affair with the 16-year-old actress Evelyn Nesbit, his murder in 1906 by her husband, the millionaire Harry K. Thaw, and the hailstorm of publicity that surrounded "the trial of the century"--has proven irresistable to generations of novelists, historians, and biographers. The premier neoclassical architect of his day, White's legacy to the world were such masterpieces as New York's original Madison Square Garden, the Washington Square Arch, and the Players, Metropolitan, and Colony clubs. He was also responsible for the palaces of such clients as the Whitneys, Vanderbilts, and Pulitzers, the robber barons of the Gilded Age whose power and dominance shaped the nation in its heady ascent at the turn of the century. As the century rolled on, however, the story of Stanford White and Evelyn Nesbit came to be viewed as glamorous and romantic, the darker narrative of White's out-of-control sexual compulsion obscured by time. Indeed, White's wife Bessie and his son Larry remained adamantly silent about the matter for the duration of their lives, a silence that reverberated through the next four generations of their extended family. Suzannah Lessard is the eldest of Stanford White's great grandchildren. It was only in her 30's that she began to sense the parallels between the silence about her great-grandfather's life and the silence about her own perilous experience as a little girl in her own home. Thus she became drawn to the remarkable history of her family in order to uncover its hidden truths, and in so doing to liberate herself from its enclosure at last. The result is a multi-layered memoir of astonishing elegance and power, one that, like a great building, is illumined room by room, chapter by chapter, until the whole is clearly seen.

Author : Great Britain
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1887
Category : Session laws
ISBN : STANFORD:36105062767111

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The Public General Statutes by Great Britain Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Medicine
ISBN : CHI:105743125

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Annual of the Universal Medical Sciences and Analytical Index by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 778 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11800056

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Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anonim Pdf

Author : John Marie Keating
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1108 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1889
Category : Children
ISBN : UOM:39015074025035

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Cyclopaedia of the Diseases of Children, Medical and Surgical by John Marie Keating Pdf

Author : Bruno Bissonnette
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education / Medical
Page : 988 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2006-08-10
Category : Medical
ISBN : UOM:39015064795670

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Syndromes: Rapid Recognition and Perioperative Implications by Bruno Bissonnette Pdf

Essential medical facts on over 2,000 genetic syndromes. Organized alphabetically, this book provides comprehensive medical coverage for each syndrome, from genetic basis to manifestations to related medical considerations.