Ghostbodies : towards a new theory of invalidism / Maia Dolphin-Krute.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dolphin-Krute, Maia, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sick--Attitudes.

Sick.

Sick--Philosophy.

Diseases--Social aspects.

Diseases.

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

x, 134 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Bristol, UK : Intellect, [2017]

Summary:

How is illness represented in today's cultural texts? In 'Ghostbodies', Maia Dolphin-Krute argues that the illusive sick body is often made invisible--a ghost--because it does not always fit society's definition of disability. In these pages, she reflectively engages in a philosophical discussion of the lived experience of illness alongside an examination of how language and cultural constructions influence and represent this experience in a variety of forms. The book provides a linguistic mirror through which the reader may see his or her own specific invalidity reflected, enabling an examination of what it is like to live within a ghostbody. In the end, Dolphin-Krute asks--if illness is not what it seems, what then is health?

Contents:

Introduction

Ghosts

Haunting

Haunted

Exorcism

Grief

Invalid

Historical fiction

Conclusion.

Notes:

"This is a peer-reviewed publication"--Titlepage verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-134).

ISBN:

9781783207800

1783207809

OCLC:

985674596