1. Body Image and Identity in Contemporary
Societies
Psychoanalytic, social, cultural and aesthetic perspectives
Edited by Ekaterina Sukhanova, Hans-Otto Thomashoff
Routledge – 2015 – 138 pages
 Description
 Reviews
 Contents
 Author Bio
 Subjects
Thomashoff, Hans-Otto. How the Brain Creates Art and Dreams . Sukhanova, Ekaterina.
Norm(s) and Functions in Outside Art. Christaki, Angelique. Body and identity objects of
redemption in today’s unrest. Potier, Rémy. Contemporary Body: Medicine to Modern Art.
Ebenstein, William. Physical Disability in the collective imagination. Korff -Sausse, Simone.
The disabled body in contemporary society. Waintrater, Régine. Body Image and Identity in
Victims of Extreme Violence. Brun, Anne. The Body and AIDS Transformed into a Work of Art
by Hervé Guibert. Desprats-Péquignot, Catherine The "Composite Body" in Contemporary Art.
Schauder, Silke. The Multiple Bodies of Michael Jackson—A Paradigm for Understanding
Postmodern Society? Mattos, Renata and Vives, Jean-Michel. From catharsis to the cathartic :
towards a post-dramatic theory of representation. Masson, Céline. Modified Images of the Body:
New Forms of Identity with a Note on the cadavers of Gunter Von Hagens. Forero Pena, Alcira:
Of Beauty and ‘Beauties’: Female Identities and Body Image in Colombia. Wolff Bernstein,
Jeanne. Tatoos/Hysteria. Kopytin, Alexander. Body in Art and Art Therapy: Humorous
Presentations. Notes on the Contributors. Index .