The Distressed Body: Rethinking Illness, Imprisonment, and Healing

"Leder here offers a truly creative and compelling study of the nature of distressed embodiment . . . truly eye-opening." —Kirsten Jacobson, University of Maine

Bodily pain and distress come in many forms. They can well up from within at times of serious illness, but the body can also be subjected to harsh treatment from outside. The medical system is often cold and depersonalized, and much worse are conditions experienced by prisoners in our age of mass incarceration, and by animals trapped...