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‘Blood, brain and bones’: taking the body seriously in the geography of health and impairment
Author(s) -
Hall Edward
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
area
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.958
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1475-4762
pISSN - 0004-0894
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-4762.2000.tb00111.x
Subject(s) - reinterpretation , representation (politics) , sociology , epistemology , geography , economic geography , aesthetics , political science , philosophy , law , politics
Summary Recent geography literature has understood ‘the body’ mainly as representation. This paper argues for an increased recognition of the body as a material entity. Disability is used to illustrate the importance of reinterpreting the biology of the body and mind. This reinterpretation of the body will, the paper concludes, strengthen research into the geography of health and impairment.