ABSTRACT
The split between naturalistic and social conceptualizations of the body has long proved problematic in health practice. The problem seems to be that the body sits within a crossroads – a ‘borderland’:
A border is a dividing line, a narrow strip along a steep edge. A borderland is a vague and undetermined place created by the emotional residue of an unnatural boundary. It is in a constant state of transition. The prohibited and forbidden are its inhabitants.
