Contours of the Flesh - The Semiotics of Pain - Darlene M. Juschka
Pain, the Body and Signification
Contours of the Flesh - The Semiotics of Pain - Darlene M. Juschka
Darlene M. Juschka [+]
University of Regina
Darlene M. Juschka is an associate professor in the Department of Gender, Religious and Critical Studies at the University of Regina, Canada.
Description
This chapter provides an overview of pertinent literature on the body engaging the general conceptualization of the body in the Eurowest. Subsequently, the chapter examines the discursive formation of pain in relation to the body and from here examines the playout of the body in pain in association with myth, ritual and sign-symbol.