The Body in Pain: The Making and Unmaking of the World

Notes

Part philosophical meditation, part cultural critique, this profoundly original work explores the nature of physical suffering.

This item is part of the Study Room Guide on Performance, Politics, Ethics and Human Rights by Adrien Sina (P0661)

Part of the Library of Performing Rights (LPR) (P3041).
 

Artist / Author Elaine Scarry
Publisher Oxford University Press
ISBN 978-0195049961
Reference P0344
Date 1985
Type Publication

Keywords

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