Wounded Storyteller: Body, Illness, and Ethics, Second Edition

Arthur W Frank

ISBN 10: 022600497X / ISBN 13: 9780226004976

Edité par University of Chicago Press August 2013, 2013

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Wounded Storyteller: Body, Illness, and Ethics, Second Edition
• Éditeur: University of Chicago Press August 2013
• Date de parution: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 022600497X
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780226004976
• Reliure: Trade Paperback
• Édition: 2ème Édition
• État de l'article: Near Fine
• Catalogues du vendeur:
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Synopsis

Since it was first published in 1995, The Wounded Storyteller has occupied a unique place in the body of work on illness. Both the collective portrait of a so-called “remission society” of those who suffer from some type of illness or disability and a cogent analysis of their stories within a larger framework of narrative theory, Arthur W. Frank’s book has reached a large and diverse readership including the ill, medical professionals, and scholars of literary theory.

Drawing on the work of authors such as Oliver Sacks, Anatole Broyard, Norman Cousins, and Audre Lorde, as well as from people he met during the years he spent among different illness groups, Frank recounts a stirring collection of illness stories, ranging from the well-known—Gilda Radner's battle with ovarian cancer—to the private testimonials of people with cancer, chronic fatigue syndrome, and disabilities. Their stories are more than accounts of personal suffering: they abound with moral choices and point to a social ethic.

In this new edition Frank adds a preface describing the personal and cultural times when the first edition was written. His new afterword extends the book’s argument significantly, writing about storytelling and experience, other modes of illness narration, and a version of hope that is both realistic and aspirational. Reflecting on both his own life during the creation of the first edition and the conclusions of the book itself, Frank reminds us of the power of storytelling as way to understanding our own suffering.

À propos de l'auteur

Arthur W. Frank is professor of sociology at the University of Calgary and the author of At the Will of the Body: Reflections on Illness; The Wounded Storyteller: Body, Illness, and Ethics; and The Renewal of Generosity: Illness, Medicine, and How to Live, the latter two also published by the University of Chicago Press.