Exoskeletal devices and the body : deviant bodies, extended bodies /: deviant bodies, extended bodies. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Denisa Butnaru.
• Authors: Butnaru, Denisa
• Contents: 1. Introduction: From science fictions to science facts Part I. Technological objects facing embodied subjects 2. Among bodies, exoskeletons and sites 3. Where exoskeletons aim to enter: Realms of human bodies Part II. Exoskeletons and their corporeal worlds 4. Impaired bodies 5. Able bodies Part III. What exoskeletons do to the body: Advancing corporealities 6. New body shapes 7. Reinvesting corporeal capabilities: "Deviance" and "extension" redefined 8. Epilogue: Producing bodies while extending them
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource (304 pages), illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 620.82; Human body and technology; Robotic exoskeletons; Cyborgs
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000916805; 9781000916768
• Related ISBNs: 9781032503769
• Notes: Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.