The Veteran’s Body

The Veteran’s Body is a book about bodies shaped by years of experience: how they hold up, balance, relate, reproduce, and express themselves in the workplace. Through interviews with people who use their bodies in a variety of occupations, author Jeong Hee introduces “body” as more than a physical body, but as a sensory entity that allows us to see what we encounter in the workplace, or as a tool to functionally capture and express our emotions. The discussion of the body in The Veteran’s Body encompasses a variety of forms of labor, and is enriched by current issues such as nonhuman animals, disability, gender performance, occupational accidents and safety, and changes in industry.

Through the contrasting “bodies” of the two workers against the bold, brightly colored headlines, Everyday Practice sought to showcase the many facets of the body as it is lived and breathed in the field, sometimes stiff and rigid, sometimes flexible and lithe. We also strived for a typographic arrangement that contrasted in size to flexibly accommodate the various discussions about the body that the book contains.