Stories of Illness and Healing: Women Write Their Bodies

Stories of Illness and Healing: Women Write Their Bodies (Literature & Medicine)
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Stories of Illness and Healing is the first collection to place the voices of women experiencing illness alongside analytical writing from prominent scholars in the field of narrative medicine. The collection includes a variety of women's illness narratives - poetry, essays, short fiction, short drama, analyses, and transcribed oral testimonies - as well as traditional analytic essays about themes and issues raised by the narratives. Stories of Illness and Healing bridges the artificial divide between women's lives and scholarship in gender, health, and medicine. situation, sexual orientation, and economic status. They are doctors, patients, spouses, mothers, daughters, activists, writers, educators, and performers. The narratives serve to acknowledge that women's illness experiences are more than their diseases, that they encompass their entire lives. The pages of this book echo with personal accounts of illness, diagnosis, and treatment. They reflect the social constructions of women's bodies, their experiences of sexuality and reproduction, and their roles as professional and family caregivers. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, Stories of Illness and Healing draws the connection between women's suffering and advocacy for women's lives.
Country USA
Brand Kent State University Press
Manufacturer The Kent State University Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber notes, index
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780873389167
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Kent State University Press
Manufacturer	The Kent State University Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	notes, index
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780873389167
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Stories of Illness and Healing: Women Write Their Bodies (Literature & Medicine)

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