[Linganth] Narratives and Performances of "Wellness"

[Eleanor Wynn]

Are people reading Deleuze?

This tome, which you might get from your library, applies assemblages
theory to health.

https://www.amazon.com/Assemblages-Health-Deleuzes-Empiricism-Ethology/dp/9401788928/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1487372797&sr=1-4&keywords=deleuze+health

On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 12:36 PM, Benjamin Smith <bnjmn99 at gmail.com> wrote:

> In addition to the lovely pieces already cited, I'd recommend taking a
> look at Jim Wilce and Sonya Pritzker's work. If I may, I'd also suggest
> browsing some of my own work on "authenticity/real selfhood" in therapeutic
> discourse (discover-able here: https://sonoma.academia.edu/BenjaminSmith).
> Good luck with what sounds like an interesting project.
>
> Ben
>
> On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 11:46 AM, Charles Briggs <clbriggs at berkeley.edu>
> wrote:
>
>> I would add Summerson Carr's wonderful Scripting Addiction. I've worried
>> about narratives, wellness and disease a bit in a few books, Stories in the
>> Time of Cholera, Making Health Public, and Tell Me Why My Children Died.
>> But there's a lot more out there. The Mattingly and Garro  Narrative and
>> the Cultural Construction of Illness and Healing is very helpful, for
>> example.
>> Charles
>>
>> On 2/17/17 11:22 AM, Deborah Keller-Cohen wrote:
>>
>> You might try some of Cheryl Mattingly's work on narrative in the
>> practice of occupational therapy.
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 2:08 PM, Michael H. Agar <magar at umd.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> Showing my age here, but Erve Goffman keeps coming to mind, especially
>>> as he combines "presentation of self" with "forms of talk." Phil Manning
>>> did an overview of his work – see URL below.
>>>
>>> Hope that helps.
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
>>>
>>> https://www.amazon.com/Erving-Goffman-Sociology-Contemporary
>>> -Thinkers/dp/0804720266/ref=sr_1_36?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1487
>>> 358064&sr=1-36&keywords=erving+goffman
>>>
>>> On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 10:29 AM, Peterson, Leighton C. <
>>> lpeterson at miamioh.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello All,
>>>>
>>>> I have a student working on a project we are tentatively calling
>>>> "Narratives and Performances of Wellness," where she is interested in how
>>>> participants in an organized arts/music group mask ailments, injury, or
>>>> other things to maintain status and ensure continued participation in the
>>>> group.  Methodologically we are not having an issue (but if you have
>>>> suggestions, please advise!). However, we are having a bit of a problem
>>>> locating linganth/siociolinguistic/linguistic work related to the
>>>> subject matter at hand.  Any resources you could suggest would be most
>>>> appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> best,
>>>>
>>>> leighton
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Leighton C. Peterson, Ph.D.
>>>> Associate Professor of Anthropology
>>>> Miami University
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