On Being Ill (in Britain and the US): Illness Narratives of the Self

Illness narratives, pathographies and autopathographies, have been published in recent years in great number and so have critical studies on the cultural and social constructions of illness and on the impact such texts have on the writer and the reader. Yet few studies have analysed cultural differe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Franziska Gygax
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Groningen Press 2013-03-01
Series:European Journal of Life Writing
Online Access:https://ejlw.eu/article/view/31394