Ghostbodies (eBook, ePUB)

Towards a New Theory of Invalidism
Redaktion: Dolphin-Krute, Maia

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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?

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Intellect Books
• Seitenzahl: 146
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781783207930
• Artikelnr.: 48151902

Autorenporträt

Maia Dolphin-Krute is an independent scholar.