Reifying Women's Experiences with Invisible Illness

Illusions, Delusions, Reality
Herausgeber: Morant, Frances Selena; Williams, Kesha Morant

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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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Produktdetails

• Lexington Studies in Health Communication
• Verlag: RLPG/Galleys
• Seitenzahl: 166
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Dezember 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 403g
• ISBN-13: 9781498551007
• ISBN-10: 1498551009
• Artikelnr.: 49458504

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents Foreword: Communicating from/as/with the Body Laura Ellingson
Introduction: Not an Illusion Kesha Morant Williams Chapter 1: My Sister's
Keeper: Sibling Social Support and Chronic Illness Kesha 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
Illness Elizabeth 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