[Linganth] Narratives and Performances of "Wellness"

Sat Feb 18 00:06:00 UTC 2017

Hi all,
If I'm understanding correctly, the object of inquiry is people masking injuries in performance ensembles. I don't think there is anything specifically on this topic, but combining a few relevant bodies of literature could be useful. E. g. 

Deception, sincerity... including Goffman's classic work in presentation of self, perhaps Susan Blum's work? And others? I have a piece in Ethos on disclosure and performance that probably isn't relevant but might have something in it for you. 

Performance and embodiment: including Haviland's piece on "Musical Spaces"; my piece "the intersubjective space-time of a Zulu gospel choir..." in Social Semiotics might be relevant, as might Devon Hinton's piece on flexibility primers in the Handbook of Medical Ethnomusicology. 

Then narrative: all the work mentioned, plus that of Elinor Ochs. I also have a piece in Pragmatics and Society "narrating fragile stories..." that may touch on some topics of relevance. 

I'd be happy to send along a more comprehensive bibliography on embodiment, performance, and language if you email me directly. 

Take care,
Steve Black

Please excuse any typos (sent via mobile device)

Steven P. Black
Chair of the Committee on Ethics of the American Anthropology Association
Department of Anthropology
Georgia State University

> On Feb 17, 2017, at 6:08 PM, Eleanor Wynn <eleanorwynn3 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Are people reading Deleuze?
> 
> This tome, which you might get from your library, applies assemblages theory to health.
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> 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
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>> 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.
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>> Ben  
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>>> 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
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>>>> 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=1487358064&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
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