{"product_id":"illness-and-irony-on-the-ambiguity-of-suffering-in-culture-9781571816740","title":"Illness and Irony: On the Ambiguity of Suffering","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tTheories of illness and therapy since Freud have included the possibility that sufferers are complicit in their conditions. The studies in this volume explore the ways in which illness and therapy may be characterized as sites at which ironies of the human condition are produced, encountered, acknowledged – or discounted in favor of more literal readings. They ask what these sites can teach us about questions of human agency and about the broader importance of irony for theory.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tEncompassing a variety of perspectives, the contributors included in Illness and Irony apply theories of irony to a myriad of cultural contexts, ranging from Freud’s consulting room and the Lacanian clinics of Buenos Aires to fright illness in a Yemeni village and spirit possession on the island of Mayotte. An introductory chapter by Michael Lambek establishes a contextual viewpoint on irony, arising from the writings of Thomas Mann, Alexander Nehamas and others. Vincent Crapanzano concludes the volume by linking the contributions to current debates about irony in rhetoric, linguistics and comparative literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e\"... this fine collection of essays ... offer[s] a more radical critique of anthropological practice than any one of their authors is likely to admit.\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003e  · \u003c\/b\u003e(From the Afterword by \u003cb\u003eVincent Crapanzano\u003c\/b\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e“…whether one considers the volume as a whole, or simply enjoys the insightful analyses provided by each of these (deceptively) brief essays, [this volume]offers a rich meditation on its subject matter.” \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  · Ethnos \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/b\u003e Irony and Illness-Recognition and Refusal \u003ci\u003eMichael Lambek \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/b\u003e Scared Sick or Silly? \u003ci\u003eAnne Meneley \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/b\u003e Rheumatic Irony: Questions of Agency and Self-deception as Refracted through the Art of Living with Spirits \u003ci\u003eMichael Lambek \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/b\u003e Barbaric Custom and Colonial Science: Teaching the Female Body in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan \u003ci\u003eJanice Boddy\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/b\u003e The Lacan Ward: Pharmacology and Subjectivity in Buenos Aires \u003ci\u003eAndrew Lakoff\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/b\u003e Illness as Irony in Psychoanalysis \u003ci\u003ePaul Antze\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/b\u003e Is Treating Dementia Ironic? \u003ci\u003eLawrence Cohen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eAfterword\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eincent Crapanzano\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tNotes on Contributors Bibliography Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041426407767,"sku":"9781571816740","price":22.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781571816740.jpg?v=1750950229","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/illness-and-irony-on-the-ambiguity-of-suffering-in-culture-9781571816740","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}