Memoirs of Well-Being
Rewriting Discourses of Illness and Disability
As the body politics of life writing in the United States change, illness and disability memoirs receive considerable attention. Although these narratives are framed by a lack of health, they abundantly present health and do so beyond its binary relationship to the pathological. This book departs from previous scholarship by bringing into focus the writers' representations of cure, recovery, and healing as well as their reluctance to bring closure to their narratives and align their stories with traditional notions of health. These memoirs thus partake in the construction of alternative narratives of illness and disability.
Kapitel-Übersicht
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Frontmatter
Seiten 1 - 4 -
Contents
Seiten 5 - 6 -
Acknowledgements
Seiten 7 - 8 -
1. Introduction
Seiten 9 - 26 -
Contextual and Theoretical Framework
2. Illness and Disability in Contemporary Memoirs
Seiten 29 - 48 -
3. Approaching 'Well-Being'
Seiten 49 - 72 -
The 'Case Studies'
4. Healing Beyond Reconstruction
Seiten 75 - 118 -
5. Musical Cu[r]e
Seiten 119 - 156 -
6. "She Rides It Like an Untamed Pony"
Seiten 157 - 198 -
7. Variation and Well-Being
Seiten 199 - 238 -
8. Rewriting the Diagnostic Narrative
Seiten 239 - 280 -
9. Conclusion
Seiten 281 - 294 -
Bibliography
Seiten 295 - 320
6. Juni 2016, 320 Seiten
ISBN: 978-3-8376-3546-1
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