From illness narratives to social commentary: A Pirandellian approach to "nerves"

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 100-125

  Migliore, Sam ^a  

^a KWANTLEN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

"Nerves"; Ambiguity; Illness narratives; Language of distress; Rhetoric; Sicilian Canadians

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; CANADA; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; ITALY; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL STATUS;

AGED; ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ONTARIO; SEMANTICS; SICILY; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0035287963     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/maq.2001.15.1.100     Document Type: Review

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