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Health, illness and culture
Health, illness and culture: broken narratives
edited by Lars-Christer Hydڳen and Jens Brockmeier
Publisher: New York : Routledge, 2008.
ISBN: 0203894308   LCC: RA418   Edition: (ebk)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: from the retold to the performed story / Lars-Christer
Hydڳen and Jens Brockmeier -- Language, experience, and the
"traumatic gap": how to talk about 9/11? / Jens Brockmeier -- Broken
and vicarious voices in narratives / Lars-Christer Hydڳen -- Talking
about the unthinkable: neurotrauma and the "catastrophic reaction" /
Maria I. Medved and Jens Brockmeier -- Stories that are ready to
break / Cheryl F. Mattingly -- Globally distributed silences, and
broken narratives about HIV / Georg Drakos -- Caring for the dead:
broken narratives of internment / Arthur W. Frank -- "You have to ask
a little": troublesome storytelling about contested illness / Pia
Bںulow -- Break-up narratives / Margareta Hydڳen -- Beyond narrative:
dementia's tragic promise / Mark Freeman.

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LCC Number: RA418

Book Details:

Language: eng
Physical Description: vi, 189 p. ; 24 cm.
Edition Info: (ebk)

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•  University of California, San Francisco (last modified on 09/25/2009)

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