Health, Illness and Culture: Broken Narratives (Routledge Studies in Health and Social Welfare)

This collection of essays examines the interrelations between illness, disability, health, society, and culture. The contributors examine how "narratives" have emerged and been utilized within these areas to help those who have experienced d injury, disability, dementia, pain, grief, or psychological trauma to express their stories. Encompassing clinical case studies, ethnographic field studies and autobiographical case studies, Health, Illness and Culture offers a broad overview and critical analysis of the present state of "illness narratives" within the fields of health and social welfare. 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. Edited By Lars-christer Hydén And Jens Brockmeier. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Contents......Page 6 1 Introduction: From the Retold to the Performed Story......Page 8 2 Language, Experience, and the “Traumatic Gap”: How to Talk About 9/11?......Page 23 3 Broken and Vicarious Voices in Narratives......Page 43 4 Talking About the Unthinkable: Neurotrauma and the “Catastrophic Reaction”......Page 61 5 Stories That are Ready to Break......Page 80 6 Globally Distributed Silences, and Broken Narratives About HIV......Page 106 7 Caring for the Dead: Broken Narratives of Internment......Page 129 8 “You Have to Ask a Little”: Troublesome Storytelling About Contested Illness......Page 138 9 Break-Up Narratives......Page 161 10 Beyond Narrative: Dementia’s Tragic Promise......Page 176 Contributors......Page 192 Index......Page 194 This book offers a broad overview and critical analysis of the present state of the field of "illness narratives," encompassing clinical case studies, ethnographic field studies and autobiographical case studies.