French Studies and the Medical Humanities

At a time when the medical humanities is increasingly oriented towards global and transnational perspectives, the contribution of modern languages and cultures to the field remains strikingly underexplored. This groundbreaking volume addresses that omission through the first book-length study of the dynamic intersections between French studies and the critical medical humanities.Bringing together scholars whose work engages with different aspects of the medical humanities, the collection demonstrates how French and francophone cultural production, spanning literature, life writing, visual art, film, podcasts, digital media and social history, offers significant insights into illness, embodiment, care, planetary health and the end of life. Drawing on the rich intellectual traditions of France and the wider francophone world, from metropolitan France to Africa and diasporic communities, the book offers fresh perspectives on a wide range of modern and contemporary French texts and new pathways towards a more culturally sensitive medical humanities.At once rigorous, innovative and timely, this volume establishes French studies as a vital force in the reinvigoration of the medical humanities and points towards a more inclusive, internationally connected future for the field.Open Access versions of the following chapter will be available on publication on the Liverpool University Press website:Loïc Bourdeau, #Endos: Transforming Healthcare Practices with Stories