Ghostbodies

GhostbodiesHow is illness represented in today's cultural texts? In Ghostbodies, Maia Dolphin Krute argues that the illusive sick body is often made invisible a ghost because it does not always fit society's definition of disability. In these pages, she reflectively engages in a philosophical discussion of the lived experience of illness alongside an examination of how language and cultural constructions influence and represent this experience in a variety of

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ecological and cultural balance

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