Anita Wohlmann – författare

Metaphor in Illness Writing argues that even when a metaphor appears problematic and limiting, it need not be dropped or dismissed. Metaphors are not inherently harmful or beneficial; instead, they can be used in unexpected and creative ways. This book analyses the illness writing of contemporary North American writers who reimagine and reappropriate the supposedly harmful metaphor 'illness is a fight' and shows how Susan Sontag, Audre Lorde, Anatole Broyard, David Foster Wallace and other writers turn the fight metaphor into a space of agency, resistance, self-knowledge and aesthetic pleasure. It joins a conversation in Medical Humanities about alternatives to the predominance of narrative and responds to the call for more metaphor literacy and metaphor competence.

Metaphor in Illness Writing argues that even when a metaphor appears problematic and limiting, it need not be dropped or dismissed. Metaphors are not inherently harmful or beneficial; instead, they can be used in unexpected and creative ways. This book analyses the illness writing of contemporary North American writers who reimagine and reappropriate the supposedly harmful metaphor 'illness is a fight' and shows how Susan Sontag, Audre Lorde, Anatole Broyard, David Foster Wallace and other writers turn the fight metaphor into a space of agency, resistance, self-knowledge and aesthetic pleasure. It joins a conversation in Medical Humanities about alternatives to the predominance of narrative and responds to the call for more metaphor literacy and metaphor competence.

Im medizinischen Alltag können Kompetenzen wie kritische (Selbst-)Reflexion, professionelles Empathievermögen, differenzierte Auffassungsgabe, ausgeprägte Ambiguitäts- und Unsicherheitstoleranz sowie ein kreatives out-of-the-box-Denken entscheidende Auswirkungen haben. Doch die Förderung dieser Kompetenzen kommt in der medizinischen Aus-, Fort- und Weiterbildung oft zu kurz – nicht zuletzt deshalb, weil sie eine besondere methodische und didaktische Herausforderung darstellt. Dieser Band versammelt entsprechende Lösungsvorschläge aus der Praxis, die sich an den Konzepten der Narrativen Medizin nach Rita Charon orientieren, und richtet sich damit an Leser*innen, die sich für andere Zugänge in der medizinischen Aus-, Fort- und Weiterbildung interessieren. Der Fokus liegt auf dem praktischen Einsatz von literarischen und künstlerischen Werken sowie Methoden der Bild-, Film- oder Textanalyse, individuelles Schreiben, gemeinsames Diskutieren und Reflektieren.

Serialized storytelling provides intriguing opportunities for critical representations of age and aging. In contrast to the finite character of films, television narratives can unfold across hundreds of episodes and multiple seasons. Contemporary viewing practices and new media technologies have resulted in complex television narratives, in which experimental temporalities and revisions of narrative linearity and chronological time have become key features. As the first of its kind, this volume investigates how TV series as a powerful cultural medium shape representations of age and aging, such as in »Orange Is The New Black«, »The Wire« or »Desperate Housewives«, to understand what it means to live in time.