{"product_id":"diagnosing-folklore-perspectives-on-disability-health-and-trauma-paperback","title":"Diagnosing Folklore: Perspectives on Disability, Health, and Trauma - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTrevor J. Blank\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eAndrea Kitta\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributions by Sheila Bock, London Brickley, Olivia Caldeira, Diane E. Goldstein, Darcy Holtgrave, Kate Parker Horigan, Michael Owen Jones, Elaine J. Lawless, Amy Shuman, Annie Tucker, and Kristiana Willsey\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDiagnosing Folklore\u003c\/em\u003e provides an inclusive forum for an expansive conversation on the sensitive, raw, and powerful processes that shape and imbue meaning in the lives of individuals and communities beleaguered by medical stigmatization, conflicting public perceptions, and contextual constraints. This volume aims to showcase current ideas and debates, as well as promote the larger study of disability, health, and trauma within folkloristics, helping bridge the gaps between the folklore discipline and disability studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book consists of three sections, each dedicated to key issues in disability, health, and trauma. It explores the confluence of disability, ethnography, and the stigmatized vernacular through communicative competence, esoteric and exoteric groups in the Special Olympics, and the role of family in stigmatized communities. Then, it considers knowledge, belief, and treatment in regional and ethnic communities with case studies from the Latino\/a community in Los Angeles, Javanese Indonesia, and Middle America. Lastly, the volume looks to the performance of mental illness, stigma, and trauma through contemporary legends about mental illness, vlogs on bipolar disorder, medical fetishism, and veterans� stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrevor J. Blank\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor of communication and interdisciplinary studies at the State University of New York at Potsdam. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Last Laugh: Folk Humor, Celebrity Culture, and Mass-Mediated Disasters in the Digital Age \u003c\/i\u003eand coauthor of \u003ci\u003eMaryland Legends: Folklore from the Old Line State\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eAndrea Kitta \u003c\/b\u003eis associate professor at East Carolina University. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eVaccinations and Public Concern in History: Legend, Rumor, and Risk Perception\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 252\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.57 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42716846587967,"sku":"9781496814753","price":75.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/66b5deeb5843ee62ee28b1e1f345cb8e.webp?v=1765076387","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/diagnosing-folklore-perspectives-on-disability-health-and-trauma-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}