Reifying Women's Experiences with Invisible Illness (eBook)

Illusions, Delusions, Reality

Frances Selena Morant, Kesha Morant Williams (Herausgeber)

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2017
166 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-5101-4 (ISBN)

Infos

This book provides an alternative to narratives that privilege the biomedical perspective on women’s invisible illnesses. The contributors include women who exude diversity as it relates to race and ethnicity, career, religious experience, education, social support, and interpersonal relationships.

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Reifying Women's Experiences with Invisible Illness: Illusions, Delusions, Reality provides a platform that recognizes that the experience of invisible illness is greatly influenced by context and personal circumstance. The contributors to this book include women who exude diversity as it relates to race and ethnicity, career, religious experience, education, social support, and interpersonal relationships. From recent college graduates to senior level professionals, these women share stories that create a space to advocate on behalf of the individual who is chronically ill rather than focusing on the often privileged perspective of medical professionals.

Autor

Kesha Morant Williams is associate professor of communication arts and sciences at Penn State University.Frances “Selena” Morant is psychiatric nurse with an assertive community treatment (ACT) program.

Inhalt

ContentsForeword: Communicating from/as/with the BodyLaura EllingsonIntroduction: Not an IllusionKesha Morant Williams Chapter 1: My Sister’s Keeper: Sibling Social Support and Chronic IllnessKesha Morant Williams Chapter 2: Temporal Reflections of UC Remission: An Autoethnography of Body Image & Acceptance Nicole Defenbaugh Chapter 3: A Semblance of Normalcy: Social Isolation and the Burden of Looking Well Hannah Thyberg Chapter 4: Transparency and Disclosure: Tools for Building Trust and Confidence Emily Pfender Chapter 5: An Unexpected Road to Discovery: Finding One’s Self in the Midst of Uncertainty Launick Saint-Fort Chapter 6: When Lifestage Matters: A Narrative Account of a Pregnancy-Related Invisible Illness Eletra Gilchrist Petty Chapter 7: Reframing Personal and Professional Identity in Connection to “Ability”Cerise L. Glenn Chapter 8: Duty, Honor, Country…sickness: Finding Strength in my Personal Battle with Gulf War IllnessElizabeth Desnoyer-Colas Chapter 9: Complicit in Concealing Illness: Black Women, Beauty, Identity, and Breast Cancer Annette Matlock Gatison Chapter 10: The Enemy at the Door: My Friend’s Silent Battle to Breast Cancer Wei Sun About the Contributors

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.12.2017
• Reihe/Serie: Lexington Studies in Health Communication
• Co-Autor: Nicole Defenbaugh, Hannah Thyberg, Elizabeth F. Desnoyers-Colas, Laura Ellingson, Eletra Gilchrist-Petty, Cerise L. Glenn, Annette D. Madlock, Emily Pfender, Launick Saint-Fort, Wei Sun
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete
• Themenwelt: Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Med. Psychologie / Soziologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Kommunikationswissenschaft
• Schlagworte: chronic illness • Health Communication • Identity • illness narrative • invisible illness • Narrative Health • personal stories • Women and Health
• ISBN-10: 1-4985-5101-7 / 1498551017
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4985-5101-4 / 9781498551014