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Abstract
How is illness represented in today’s cultural texts? In Ghostbodies, Maia Dolphin-Krute argues that the illusive sick body is often made invisible—a ghost—because it does not always fit society’s definition of disability. In these pages, she reflectively engages in a philosophical discussion of the lived experience of illness alongside an examination of how language and cultural constructions influence and represent this experience in a variety of forms. The book provides a linguistic mirror through which the reader may see his or her own specific invalidity reflected, enabling an examination of what it is like to live within a ghostbody. In the end, Dolphin-Krute asks—if illness is not what it seems, what then is health?
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cover | Cover | ||
| Hlaf Title | i | ||
| Title | iii | ||
| Copyright | iv | ||
| Contents | vii | ||
| Preface | ix | ||
| Introduction | 1 | ||
| Chapter 1: Ghosts | 7 | ||
| Chapter 2: Haunting | 13 | ||
| Chapter 3: Haunted | 27 | ||
| Chapter 4: Exorcism | 55 | ||
| Chapter 5: Grief | 63 | ||
| Chapter 6: Invalid | 75 | ||
| Chapter 7: Historical fiction | 81 | ||
| Chapter 8: Conclusion | 101 | ||
| Afterword/Acknowledgments | 109 | ||
| Appendix A | 111 | ||
| Bibliography | 131 | ||
| Back Cover | Back Cover |