Journeys of embodiment at the intersection of body and culture: the developmental theory of embodiment

Front Cover -- JOURNEYS OF EMBODIMENT AT THE INTERSECTION OF BODY AND CULTURE -- Editorial Advisors -- JOURNEYS OF EMBODIMENTAT THE INTERSECTIONOF BODY AND CULTURE: THE DEVELOPMENTAL THEORY OF EMBODIMENT -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- BODIES IN DISTRESS -- HOLDING A MIRROR TO CULTURE -- References -- 1 - The Developmental Theory of Embodiment: Discovering Paths in the Body Journeys of Girls and Women -- WHY STUDY EMBODIMENT? -- RESEARCH PROGRAM -- EXPERIENCE OF EMBODIMENT -- Dimension 1: Body Connection and Comfort versus Body Disconnection and Discomfort -- Dimension 2: Agency and Functionality versus Blocked Agency and Restraint -- Dimension 3: Experience and Expression of Desire versus Disowning Desire -- Dimension 4: Attuned Self-care versus Disrupted Attunement, Neglect, and Self-harm -- Dimension 5: Inhabiting the Body as a Subjective Site versus as an Objectified Site -- Understanding Positive and Negative Embodiment: Innovative Aspects of the Experience of Embodiment Construct -- KEY SOCIAL DOMAINS THAT SHAPE EMBODIMENT: THE DEVELOPMENTAL THEORY OF EMBODIMENT -- The Physical Domain: Physical Freedom versus Physical Corseting -- Freedom in Physical Engagement and Movement (vs. Corseted and Blocked Physical Engagement and Movement) -- Freedom in Physical Engagement (vs. Blocked Physical Engagement) -- Freedom of Movement and of Taking Physical Space (vs. Constriction of Movement and of Physical Space) -- Safety for the Body Territory (vs. Violations to the Body Territory) -- Safety from Violations (vs. Exposure to Violations) -- Safety from Coercive Body Alterations and Practices (vs. Coercive Body Alterations and Practices) -- Care of the Body (vs. Neglect of Body Care) -- Freedom of Desire (vs. Restriction of Desire) -- The Mental Domain: Mental Freedom versus Mental Corseting