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Recovering bodies :

(Number (ISBN

0299155609

(Number (ISBN

0299155633

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0299155641

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0585136181

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9780299155605

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9780299155636

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9780299155643

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9780585136189

Publisher's Number

9786612424120

Title Proper

Recovering bodies :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

illness, disability, and life-writing /

First Statement of Responsibility

G. Thomas Couser.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Madison :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

University of Wisconsin Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©1997.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (xvi, 314 pages)

Series Title

Wisconsin studies in American autobiography

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-310) and index.

Text of Note

"A compelling look at personal narratives of HIV/AIDS, breast cancer paralysis, and deafness, Recovering Bodies examines many forms of life writing - including memoirs, diaries, collaborative narratives, photo documentaries, and essays - to illuminate the ways in which these narratives address the stigma of illness and disability. G. Thomas Couser shows that such books are not primarily records of medical conditions; they are instead a means for individuals to reclaim their bodies (or those of loved ones) from marginalization and impersonal medical discourse, by telling their stories in their own terms." "Couser considers why and under what circumstances individuals choose to write about illness or disability; what role plot plays in such narratives; how closure is achieved; who assumes the prerogative of narration; which conditions are most often represented; and which literary conventions lend themselves to representing particular conditions. By tracing the development of new subgenres of personal narrative in our time, this book explores how explicit consideration of illness and disability has enriched the repertoire of life writing. In addition, Couser's discussion of medical discourse joins the current debate about whether the biomedical model is entirely conducive to humane care for ill and disabled people." "With its sympathetic critique of the testimony of those most affected by these conditions, Recovering Bodies contributes to an understanding of the relations among bodily dysfunction, cultural conventions, and identity in contemporary America."--Jacket.

Source for Acquisition/Subscription Address

OverDrive, Inc.

Stock Number

2DE96766-565E-45BC-86ED-659F258C9346

Title

Recovering bodies.

International Standard Book Number

0299155609

Autobiography.

Biography as a literary form.

People with disabilities-- United States-- Biography-- History and criticism.

People with disabilities-- United States-- Psychology.

Sick-- United States-- Biography-- History and criticism.

Sick-- United States-- Psychology.

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome.

Breast Neoplasms.

Disabled Persons.

Persons With Hearing Impairments.

Autobiography.

Biography as a literary form.

Clinical Psychology.

Health & Biological Sciences.

HEALTH & FITNESS-- Diseases-- General.

MEDICAL-- Clinical Medicine.

MEDICAL-- Diseases.

MEDICAL-- Evidence-Based Medicine.

MEDICAL-- Internal Medicine.

People with disabilities-- Psychology.

Psychiatry.

Sick-- Biography.

Sick-- Psychology.

United States.

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HEA-- 039000

MED-- 014000

MED-- 022000

MED-- 045000

MED-- 112000

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Edition

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Book number

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Book Number

Couser, G. Thomas.

Date of Transaction

20200822101037.0

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