The Wounded Storyteller: Body, Illness, and Ethics, Second Edition by Arthur W.

Description: The Wounded Storyteller by Arthur W. Frank 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. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description 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. Franks 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 Radners 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 books 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. Author Biography 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. Table of Contents Preface, 2013 Preface Acknowledgments One When Bodies Need Voices Two The Bodys Problem with Illness Three Illness as a Call for Stories Four The Restitution Narrative Five The Chaos Narrative Six The Quest Narrative Seven Testimony Eight The Wound as Half Opening Afterword Notes Index Review "Arthur Franks writings on illness and the body transcend the barriers of academic and professional disciplines, making them uniquely relevant to a wide variety of audiences: clinicians, ethicists, sociologists, scholars in the humanities and human sciences, those engaged in medical education, caregivers, and (always) the never-to-be-forgotten community of the ill."-- "Hastings Center Report""A classic book. Illness touches us all--patients, providers, family, friends--and Arthur W. Frank shows how illness extends beyond bodies to shape the stories (personal and cultural) that we almost inevitably construct to explain and to contain it. The stories in turn often reshape the experience of illness. The Wounded Storyteller is thus an indispensable guide to the oddly familiar but alien territory we inhabit when we enter what Susan Sontag called the kingdom of the ill. Now, with an extended new preface and afterword, a classic-plus."--David B. Morris "author of "The Culture of Pain"""Arthur W. Frank has changed the way we think about storytelling and health care. His work champions a point of view long neglected and too often thought to be medically irrelevant. His penetrating essays on the human need to make sense and meaning from illness have become required reading for many of us. This new edition of The Wounded Storyteller is most welcome."--Larry R. Churchill "author of "Healers: Extraordinary Clinicians at Work"""Arthur W. Franks second edition of The Wounded Storyteller provides instructions for use of this now-classic text in the study of illness narratives. At the remove of twenty years, the author sees that he was trying for not only an analytic study of illness narratives but also self-healing . . . to assure myself I wasnt crazy. By recognizing that his own illness incorporated all three of his canonical narrative types and then by adding to his typology, Frank reveals the evolution of his frames of thought about illness. Perhaps health is a mirage and illness is a natural state of being. Perhaps getting old and sick is the blue book price for living mortal lives. Frank has helped us all not just to accept but to revere these givens of our human predicament."--Rita Charon "author of "Narrative Medicine: Honoring the Stories of Illness"""This is a bold and imaginative book which moves our thinking about narratives of illness in new directions."-- "Sociology of Heath and Illness" Review Quote "This is a bold and imaginative book which moves our thinking about narratives of illness in new directions." Details ISBN022600497X Author Arthur W. Frank Short Title WOUNDED STORYTELLER 2/E Language English Edition 2nd ISBN-10 022600497X ISBN-13 9780226004976 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2013 Imprint University of Chicago Press Place of Publication Chicago, IL Country of Publication United States Replaces 9780226259932 DEWEY 306.461 Pages 280 Illustrations black & white illustrations UK Release Date 2013-08-28 Publication Date 2013-08-28 NZ Release Date 2013-08-28 US Release Date 2013-08-28 Publisher The University of Chicago Press Edition Description Second Edition Audience Tertiary & Higher Education AU Release Date 2013-08-27 Series Emersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith Subtitle Body, Illness, and Ethics, Second Edition We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:130323212;

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