Metagnosis

Metagnosis
Author :
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 393
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780197510766
ISBN-13 : 0197510760
Rating : 4/5 (66 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Metagnosis by : Danielle Spencer

Download or read book Metagnosis written by Danielle Spencer and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2020-09-22 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bridging memoir with key concepts in narratology, philosophy and history of medicine, and disability studies, this book identifies and names the phenomenon of metagnosis: the experience of learning in adulthood of a longstanding condition. It can occur when the condition has remained undetected (e.g. colorblindness) and/or when the diagnostic categories themselves have shifted (e.g. ADHD). More broadly, it can occur with unexpected revelations bearing upon selfhood, such as surprising genetic test results. Though this phenomenon has received relatively scant attention, learning of an unknown condition is often a significant and bewildering revelation, one that subverts narrative expectations and customary categories. How do we understand these revelations? In addressing this topic Danielle Spencer approaches narrative medicine as a robust research methodology comprising interdisciplinarity, narrative attentiveness, and the creation of writerly texts. Beginning with Spencer's own experience, the book explores the issues raised by metagnosis, from communicability to narrative intelligibility to different ways of seeing. Next, it traces the distinctive metagnostic narrative arc through the stages of recognition, subversion, and renegotiation, discussing this trajectory in light of a range of metagnostic experiences-from Blade Runner to real-world mid-life diagnoses. Finally, it situates metagnosis in relation to genetic revelations and the broader discourses concerning identity. Spencer proposes that better understanding metagnosis will not simply aid those directly affected, but will serve as a bellwether for how we will all navigate advancing biomedical and genomic knowledge, and how we may fruitfully interrogate the very notion of identity.


Metagnosis Related Books

Metagnosis
Language: en
Pages: 393
Authors: Danielle Spencer
Categories: Medical
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-09-22 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Bridging memoir with key concepts in narratology, philosophy and history of medicine, and disability studies, this book identifies and names the phenomenon of m
The Use and Abuse of Stories
Language: en
Pages: 393
Authors: Mark P. Freeman
Categories: Psychology
Type: BOOK - Published: 2023-05-09 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Narrative practice has come under attack in the current "post-truth" era. In fact, many associate "narrative hermeneutics"--the field of inquiry concerned with
The Principles and Practice of Narrative Medicine
Language: en
Pages: 361
Authors: Rita Charon
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The Principles and Practice of Narrative Medicine articulates the ideas, methods, and practices of narrative medicine. Written by the originators of the field,
Metaphysical Primer
Language: en
Pages: 152
Authors: Deborah L. Hughes
Categories: Body, Mind & Spirit
Type: BOOK - Published: 1991 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The Politics of Reproduction
Language: en
Pages: 270
Authors: Modhumita Roy
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Original essays bring together the entangled reproductive politics of abortion, adoption, and commercial surrogacy in a global context and neoliberal age.