Health, Illness and Culture (eBook, ePUB)

Broken Narratives
Redaktion: Hydén, Lars-Christer; Brockmeier, Jens

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book offers a broad overview and critical analysis of the present state of the field of "illness narratives," encompassing clinical case studies, ethnographic field studies and autobiographical case studies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 196
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juni 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135859053
• Artikelnr.: 42154312

Autorenporträt

Lars-Christer Hydén is Professor of Health Communication at Linköping University, Sweden. His main focus is on the role of narrative in the cultural interplay of illness and health. Jens Brockmeier, a Senior Researcher at Free University Berlin, Germany, is a Visiting Professor in the Psychology Department of the University of Manitoba, Canada, and at the Center for Narrative Research of the University of East London's School of Social Science, Media, and Cultural Science.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: From the Retold to the Performed Story Lars-Christer Hydén
and Jens Brockmeier 2. Language, Experience, and the "Traumatic Gap": How
to Talk About 9/11? Jens Brockmeier 3. Broken and Vicarious Voices in
Narratives Lars-Christer Hydén 4. Talking About the Unthinkable:
Neurotrauma and the "Catastrophic Reaction" Maria I. Medved & Jens
Brockmeier 5. Stories That Are Ready to Break Cheryl Mattingly 6. Globally
Distributed Silences, and Broken Narratives about HIV Georg Drakos 7.
Taking Care of the Dead: Broken Narratives of Internment Arthur W. Frank
8. "You Have to Ask a Little": Troublesome Storytelling about Contested
Illness Pia Bülow 9. Break-Up Narratives Margareta Hydén 10. Beyond
Narrative: Dementia's Tragic Promise Mark Freeman. Contributors. Index.