Mediated Embodiments|Embodied Meditations

Abstract

This introduction to the Embodiment special issue of a|b begins by considering how Johanna Hedva's “Sick Woman Theory” crystallizes current conceptualizations of embodied selfhood and deploys online self-representational practices. The introduction goes on to situate the contributors’ discussions of installation art, 3-D printing, painting, graphic narrative, prose memoir, performance, poetry, personal narrative, and collective embodiment as social praxis within these critical conversations, highlighting connections to a “politics of care” (Hedva) and “brilliant imperfection” (Clare).