Cultural Depictions of Chronic Illness / Alex Henry.

Format:

Video

Author/Creator:

Henry, Alex, author.

Contributor:

Henry, Alex, active 2025, academic.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chronic diseases.

Diseases in literature.

Physical Description:

1 videorecording (41 min., 26 sec.) : sound, color

Place of Publication:

London : SAGE Publications, Ltd., 2025.

Language Note:

Closed-captioned in English.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

Alex Henry, PhD, University of Leeds, discusses cultural depiction of chronic illness, including medically unexplained symptoms, framing chronic illness as "unexplained," reframing chronicity, crip time, the neglect of illness in contemporary fiction, and gendered representations of illness.

Contents:

Chapter 1: Alex Henry Shares the Focus of and Inspiration for Research on Cultural Depictions of Chronic Illness

Chapter 2: Alex Henry Describes and Discusses Medically Unexplained Symptoms

Chapter 3: Alex Henry Discusses How Framing Chronic Illnesses as "Unexplained" Is Problematic

Chapter 4: Alex Henry Discusses Reframing Chronicity

Chapter 5: Alex Henry Defines and Discusses "Crip Time"

Chapter 6: Alex Henry Discusses How Illness as a Central Component Has Been Neglected in Contemporary Fiction

Chapter 7: Alex Henry Discusses Examples of Gendered Representations of Illness

Chapter 8: Alex Henry Discusses Key Takeaways of This Research on Cultural Depictions of Chronic Illness.

Participant:

Academic, Alex Henry PhD.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-03-622912-2

9781036229122

OCLC:

1521417599