THE PROTEAN BODY

New York: Harper Colophon, 1978

In this book, I challenge the dominant notion of the body as a fixed material object, subject to change mostly through sickness, accidents, and aging. I examine the changeability of the body from four perspectives: the biological nature of the body itself, changes due to the body practices of everyday life, attitudinal influences, and changes possible through bodywork, particularly Rolfing.

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