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Health, illness and culture : broken narratives

Title
Health, illness and culture : broken narratives / edited by Lars-Christer Hydén and Jens Brockmeier.
Publication
New York : Routledge, 2008.

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Additional Authors
  • Hydén, Lars-Christer, 1954-
  • Brockmeier, Jens.
Description
vi, 189 p.; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Routledge studies in health and social welfare ; 2
Subject
  • Social medicine
  • Discourse analysis, Narrative
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: from the retold to the performed story / Lars-Christer Hydén 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 Hydén -- 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 Bülow -- Break-up narratives / Margareta Hydén -- Beyond narrative: dementia's tragic promise / Mark Freeman.
ISBN
  • 9780415988742 (hbk)
  • 0415988748 (hbk)
LCCN
2008001575
OCLC
  • ocn190867400
  • SCSB-1481659
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library