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- Condition
- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- ISBN
- 9780228016748
- Subject Area
- Biography & Autobiography, Health & Fitness, Medical
- Publication Name
- Chronic Conditions
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press
- Subject
- Pathology, Medical, Physical Impairments
- Publication Year
- 2023
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.6 in
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Item Weight
- 9.9 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 160 Pages
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Imagine a house whose wiring is spliced and patchy with knob and tube, coiled like a serpent ready to strike and spark at any moment. Even if you have a fire trap behind your walls, the lights will turn on. In her memoir of a life lived in physical pain, Karen Engle asks whether and how language can capture what it's like to be in a body that appears to work from the outside, when its internal systems operate through an ad hoc assemblage of garbled messaging, reroutings, and shaky foundations. A series of narrative reflections capture the myriad ways in which the chronic conditions its suffering subject. Contrary to claims that pain obliterates language - long a trope of writing about illness - Engle contends that the person with chronic pain is not hampered by a scarcity of language, but rather its excess: enervation by the unending waves of utterance. From a history of the word chronic and its shifting significance to meditations on multiple diagnoses and interactions with medical personnel, Chronic Conditions is a doctor's case file through the looking glass of a creative writer, scholar, and patient. Engle explores, through medical research, literature, and art, how it feels to become attuned to the rhythms of perpetual and mysterious physical pain. At stake here is the search for a kind of writing that does not instrumentalize pain for allegorical or transcendental purposes. Chronic pain is not a sign of weakness, nor is it an opportunity for personal growth, Engle argues. Instead, it is entirely ordinary and deeply affecting.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
ISBN-10
0228016746
ISBN-13
9780228016748
eBay Product ID (ePID)
14058360302
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Chronic Conditions
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Pathology, Medical, Physical Impairments
Publication Year
2023
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Biography & Autobiography, Health & Fitness, Medical
Number of Pages
160 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9 in
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Width
6 in
Item Weight
9.9 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Rb156
Reviews
"In Chronic Conditions, Karen Engle has attempted to explain, express, and normalize what it means to live with chronic pain and illness. This story takes you on a journey of discovery, one which will help you better understand and respect those around you who are living with chronic illness." Miramichi Reader, "When Karen Engle writes her somatic experience of living in her chronically ailing body, or about her experience of medical treatment, she is writing a remarkably expressive and articulate memoir about a life with chronic illness." G. Thomas Couser, Hofstra University and author of Signifying Bodies: Disability and Contemporary Life Writing
Dewey Decimal
616.044092
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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