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Life stories and sickness experience: a performance perspective

J Monks1

  • 1Department of Human Sciences, Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UK.

Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry
|December 1, 1995
PubMed
Summary

A performance perspective enhances understanding of sickness experiences using life story data. Analyzing a multiple sclerosis patient

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Area of Science:

  • Sociology of Health and Illness
  • Qualitative Research Methods

Background:

  • Understanding sickness experience is complex, involving personal narratives and social contexts.
  • Life story data offers rich insights into lived experiences of illness.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore how a 'performance' perspective can illuminate sickness experience through life story analysis.
  • To examine the interplay between social relations, bodily disorder, and personal identity.

Main Methods:

  • Structural and thematic analysis of a young English woman's life story.
  • Application of a 'performance' lens to interpret narrative form and content.

Main Results:

  • The life story genre facilitated exploration of social relations shaped by bodily disorder.
  • Performance perspective revealed how bodily knowledge is produced and shared in relation to self-concept.

Conclusions:

  • A performance perspective provides valuable insights into the dynamic construction of illness narratives.
  • This approach deepens understanding of how individuals negotiate identity amidst chronic conditions like multiple sclerosis.

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