List of Figures vi
Series Editors’ Preface viii
Preface ix
1 Introduction: Bodies, Affects and Their Politicisation 1
2 Dislocated by Epidermal Schemas: Skin, Race and a Proper Place for the Body 27
3 The Chafing of Bodily Regimes: Skin and the Corporeal Model of the Ego 49
4 Bodies, Affects and Their Passionate Forms: Animal Phobias and the Topologies of Bodily and Psychic Space 70
5 The Worldliness of Unconscious Processes: The Repressive and Distributive Functions of the Unconscious 91
6 The Transference of Affect: The Communicative Function of the Unconscious 113
7 Crazy about Their Bodies: The Art-work of Sharon Kivland and the Politics of the Female Body 136
8 Conclusion: Bodies, Affects, Politics 158
References 179
Index 192