American life writing and the medical humanities : writing contagion /: writing contagion. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Samantha Allen Wright.
• Authors: Wright, Samantha Allen
• Contents: Introduction. Interdisciplinary Epidemics: Illness Narratives in American Literature, Disability Studies, and the Medical Humanities Chapter 1. Yellow Fever: Early American Illness Narratives (or the Lack Thereof) Chapter 2. 'Pale Horse, Pale Rider:' The Forgotten 1918 Influenza Pandemic and the Role of Literature in Illness Narratives Chapter 3. Mid-20th Century Polio Memoirs: The Beginnings of an Old Genre Chapter 4. The Chronically Ill and Stigmatized Body: HIV and AIDS Chapter 5. 'Fear-bola:' Constructions of Contagion Conclusion. The Future of the Fields and of 21st-Century Illness Narratives.
• Publisher Details: United Kingdom : Emerald Publishing
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 809.9335; Autobiography -- History and criticism; Epidemics in literature; Epidemics -- History; Medical writing
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781839096747; 9781839096723
• Related ISBNs: 9781839096730
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