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Temporalities of interembodiment: Insights from clinical and community health practices

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  • Robertson, William J.
  • Austin, Amaree

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This article elaborates Bunkley's concept of interembodiment by considering its temporal aspects. Bunkley's original formulation emerged from instances of what we call durable interembodiment, or interembodiments that operate over long periods of time and have lingering effects. We suggest that interembodiment also occurs in more fleeting and transient ways, and we term this ephemeral interembodiment. Drawing on theories of temporality, care, and intimacy, we examine the temporalities of interembodiment in two different settings: at an anal cancer prevention clinic in the US Midwest and among Black community birthworkers in the US South. In each of these settings, we analyze how moments of interembodiment are temporally structured to enable care practices in settings where patient bodies are biologically, socioculturally, and psychologically vulnerable.

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  • Robertson, William J. & Austin, Amaree, 2026. "Temporalities of interembodiment: Insights from clinical and community health practices," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 388(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:388:y:2026:i:c:s0277953625011220
    DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118791
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