Reifying women's experiences with invisible illness : illusions, delusions, reality / edited by Kesha Morant Williams and Frances Selena Morant.

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9781498551014
1498551017

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Reifying women's experiences with invisible illness.DDC classification:

616/.0472082 23

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RB127.5.C48

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Contents:

Foreword: Communicating from/as/with the Body ; Laura Ellingson ; Introduction: Not an Illusion ; Kesha Morant Williams ; Chapter 1: My Sister's Keeper: Sibling Social Support and Chronic Illness ; Kesha Morant Williams ; Chapter 2: Temporal Reflections of UC Remission: An Autoethnography of Body Image & Acceptance ; Nicole Defenbaugh ; Chapter 3: A Semblance of Normalcy: Social Isolation and the Burden of Looking Well ; Hannah Thyberg ; Chapter 4: Transparency and Disclosure: Tools for Building Trust and Confidence ; Emily Pfender ; Chapter 5: An Unexpected Road to

Discovery: Finding One's Self in the Midst of Uncertainty ; Launick Saint-Fort ; Chapter 6: When Lifestage Matters: A Narrative Account of a Pregnancy-Related Invisible Illness ; Eletra Gilchrist Petty ; Chapter 7: Reframing Personal and Professional Identity in Connection to "Ability" ; Cerise L.

Glenn ; Chapter 8: Duty, Honor, Countrysickness: Finding Strength in my Personal Battle with Gulf War Illness ; Elizabeth Desnoyer-Colas ; Chapter 9: Complicit in Concealing Illness: Black Women, Beauty, Identity, and Breast Cancer ; Annette Matlock Gatison ; Chapter 10: The Enemy at the Door: My Friend's Silent Battle to Breast Cancer ; Wei Sun ; About the Contributors

Summary: This book provides an alternative to narratives that privilege the biomedical perspective on women's invisible illnesses. The contributors include women who exude diversity as it relates to race and ethnicity, career, religious experience, education, social support, and interpersonal relationships.

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This book provides an alternative to narratives that privilege the biomedical perspective on women's invisible illnesses. The contributors include women who exude diversity as it relates to race and ethnicity, career, religious experience, education, social support, and interpersonal relationships.

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