TY  - GEN
T1  - Recovering bodies : illness, disability, and life-writing
T2  - Wisconsin studies in American autobiography.
A1  - Couser, G. Thomas
LA  - English
PP  - Madison
PB  - University of Wisconsin Press
YR  - 1997
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocm44961142
AB  - "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.
OP  - 314
CN  - R726.5 .C73 1997eb
SN  - 0585136181
SN  - 9780585136189
SN  - 9780299155636
SN  - 0299155633
SN  - 9780299155605
SN  - 0299155609
SN  - 9780299155643
SN  - 0299155641
KW  - Sick : United States : Biography : History and criticism.
KW  - People with disabilities : United States : Biography : History and criticism.
KW  - Sick : United States : Psychology.
KW  - People with disabilities : United States : Psychology.
KW  - Autobiography.
KW  - Biography as a literary form.
KW  - AIDS (Disease)
KW  - People with disabilities.
KW  - Biography.
KW  - Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
KW  - Breast Neoplasms
KW  - Disabled Persons
KW  - Persons with Hearing Disabilities.
KW  - Autobiographies as Topic.
KW  - Biographies as Topic.
KW  - Personnes handicapées : États-Unis : Biographies : Histoire et critique.
KW  - Malades : États-Unis : Psychologie.
KW  - Personnes handicapées : États-Unis : Psychologie.
KW  - Autobiographie.
KW  - Biographie (Genre littéraire)
KW  - Sida.
KW  - Personnes handicapées.
KW  - Biographies.
KW  - autobiography (genre)
KW  - biographies (literary works)
KW  - biography (general genre)
KW  - MEDICAL : Evidence-Based Medicine.
KW  - HEALTH & FITNESS : Diseases : General.
KW  - MEDICAL : Diseases.
KW  - MEDICAL : Internal Medicine.
KW  - MEDICAL : Clinical Medicine.
KW  - People with disabilities
KW  - Autobiography
KW  - Biography as a literary form
KW  - People with disabilities : Psychology
KW  - Sick : Biography
KW  - Sick : Psychology
KW  - United States
KW  - Clinical Psychology.
KW  - Psychiatry.
KW  - Health & Biological Sciences.
KW  - Personal Narrative
KW  - Personal narratives
KW  - Autobiographies
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc.
KW  - Personal narratives.
KW  - Récits personnels.
ER  -