Heavey, Emily Elizabeth Louise orcid.org/0000-0003-0920-7705 (2018) 'If I can walk that far':space and embodiment in stories of illness and recovery. Sociology of Health and Illness. pp. 1-14. ISSN 1467-9566
Abstract
Illness and recovery transform embodied experience, and transform the experience of space. Space, in turn, is a valuable resource in the telling of an illness narrative. Starting from a phenomenological perspective that takes the body to be the centre of experience, and hence of selfhood and storytelling, this paper offers an argument for and an approach to analysing space as a narrative resource in stories about illness and recovery. Using a case study of one woman’s stories about her amputation, it demonstrates how both narrated space and narrating space can be used as devices to structure the narrative and position its characters and interlocutors to construct the narrator’s embodied experiences and identities. The paper reveals intersections between embodied experience, space, and narrative identity construction, offering a new way of attending to illness narratives and a new way of engaging with narrative space.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018 Foundation for the Sociology of Health & Illness. This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. Further copying may not be permitted; contact the publisher for details. |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Research Groups (York) > Social Policy Research Unit (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 08 Feb 2018 14:50 |
Last Modified: | 16 Oct 2024 14:27 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.12737 |
Status: | Published online |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/1467-9566.12737 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:127250 |
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