Ghostbodies

Towards a New Theory of Invalidism

Buch | Softcover

160 Seiten

2017
Intellect Books (Verlag)
978-1-78320-780-0 (ISBN)

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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?

Maia Dolphin-Krute is an independent scholar.

Introduction

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Ghosts

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Haunting

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Haunted

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Exorcism

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Grief

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Invalid

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Historical fiction

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Conclusion

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Erscheinungsdatum	21.03.2017
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 229 mm
Gewicht	245 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
	Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Med. Psychologie / Soziologie
	Sozialwissenschaften
ISBN-10	1-78320-780-9 / 1783207809
ISBN-13	978-1-78320-780-0 / 9781783207800
Zustand	Neuware