Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vi
4. Introduction: Each Word of Skin 1
5. 1. Writing Bodies: Hustvedt’s Textual Skin 14
6. 2. Expeausition: Ondaatje’s Skin-Effects 32
7. 3. The Law of Tact: Freud and H.D. 51
8. 4. So Close: Writing that Touches 64
9. 5. Dis-tanz: 29 Tangos 80
10. 6. Hand Delivered: From A to X 98
11. 7. Digital Technologies and Prosthetic Possibilities 120
12. 8. Phantom Limbs: Bowen’s ‘Hand in Glove’ 140
13. Bibliography 150
14. Index 161