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The literary and linguistic construction of obsessive-compulsive disorder : no ordinary doubt / Patricia Friedrich.

Title
  1. The literary and linguistic construction of obsessive-compulsive disorder : no ordinary doubt / Patricia Friedrich.
Published by
  1. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
Author
  1. Friedrich, Patricia

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Description
  1. xii, 209 pages; 23 cm.
Summary
  1. "What does it mean to live with obsessive-compulsive disorder in a time when the word "obsession" has become synonymous with "driven", "focused" or "infatuated"? This book presents a literary and linguistic reading of obsessive-compulsive disorder, both in its contemporary form and its historical antecedent, to argue that medical understandings of disability need their social, political, literary and linguistic counterparts, especially if we aspire to create a more inclusive society. The chapters visit memoirs, historical texts, novels and movies to demonstrate how each of these manifestations becomes a part of the "story" of OCD. In that sense, we construct reality based on the discourses that are available to us, and the discourses of OCD are yet to encompass all of its diversity and complexity"--
Series statement
  1. Literary disability series
Subject
  1. Obsessive-compulsive disorder
  2. Neuroses in literature
  3. Discourse analysis, Literary
  4. Psycholinguistics
  5. Language and culture
  6. Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) > Psychological aspects
  7. Obsessive-compulsive disorder in literature
  8. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General
  9. LITERARY CRITICISM / General
  10. LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General
  11. PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism
  12. PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Illness
  13. Discourse analysis, Literary
  14. Language and culture
  15. Psycholinguistics
  16. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary
  17. Literature: history & criticism
  18. linguistics
  19. Literary studies: from c 1900
  20. Literary studies: general
  21. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
  22. Linguistics
  23. Psychiatry in Literature
Contents
  1. Machine generated contents note: -- List of illustrationsPreface Acknowledgements1. OCD Inside Out: The Forging of Disorder2. Recurrent Doubt: A Brief Story of OCD Through its Literary Texts3. Just for Fun: The Misappropriation of OCD for Humor and the Role of Critical Disciplines in Claiming it Back4. Someone Else's Words: OCD, Language and Discourse Power5. Me and my OCD: Memoirs and the Challenges of Self Representation6. Not 'Just' a Story: Literary Invention, Innovation, and OCD 7. Bioconcerns, OCD Fears, and Other Worrisome Things: Healing Through NarrativeBibliographyIndex.
Owning institution
  1. Harvard Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing action (note)
  1. committed to retain