The Wounded Storyteller - 2nd Edition - Body, Illness and Ethics

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.

About the author

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; Letting Stories Breathe: A Socio-Narratology; and The Renewal of Generosity: Illness, Medicine, and How to Live, the latter two also published by the University of Chicago Press.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Arthur W Frank, Arthur W. Frank, FRANK ARTHUR W, Frank Arthur W.
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.06.2013
• EAN: 9780226004976
• ISBN: 978-0-226-00497-6
• No. of pages: 260
• Dimensions: 145 mm x 220 mm x 23 mm
• Series: Emersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; LITERARY CRITICISM / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, Illness & addiction: social aspects, Literary studies: general, Medical Sociology, Health, illness and addiction: social aspects