The wounded storyteller : body, illness, and ethics
Frank, Arthur W.2013
Book
Drawing on the work of authors such as Oliver Sacks, Anatole Broyard, Norman Cousins, and Audre Lorde, as well as the people he met during the years he spent among different illness groups, the author recounts a collection of illness stories.
Main title:
The wounded storyteller : body, illness, and ethics / Arthur W. Frank.
Author:
Edition:
Second edition.
Imprint:
Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2013.
Collation:
xxvi, 253 pages ; 22 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
When bodies need voices -- The body's problem with illness -- Illness as a call for stories -- The restitution narrative -- The chaos narrative -- The quest narrative -- Testimony -- The wound as half opening.
ISBN:
9780226004976 (pbk alk paper)
Dewey class:
610
LC class:
R726.5
Language:
English
BRN:
186395
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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| Library at the Dock | -Health | HEALTH 610 FRAN | Available |