Contributions by Sheila Bock, London Brickley, Olivia Caldeira,
Diane E. Goldstein, Darcy Holtgrave, Kate Parker Horigan, Michael
Owen Jones, Elaine J. Lawless, Amy Shuman, Annie Tucker, and
Kristiana Willsey Diagnosing Folklore provides an inclusive forum
for an expansive conversation on the sensitive, raw, and powerful
processes that shape and imbue meaning in the lives of individuals
and communities beleaguered by medical stigmatization, conflicting
public perceptions, and contextual constraints. This volume aims to
showcase current ideas and debates, as well as promote the larger
study of disability, health, and trauma within folkloristics,
helping bridge the gaps between the folklore discipline and
disability studies. This book consists of three sections, each
dedicated to key issues in disability, health, and trauma. It
explores the confluence of disability, ethnography, and the
stigmatized vernacular through communicative competence, esoteric
and exoteric groups in the Special Olympics, and the role of family
in stigmatized communities. Then, it considers knowledge, belief,
and treatment in regional and ethnic communities with case studies
from the Latino/a community in Los Angeles, Javanese Indonesia, and
Middle America. Lastly, the volume looks to the performance of
mental illness, stigma, and trauma through contemporary legends
about mental illness, vlogs on bipolar disorder, medical fetishism,
and veterans' stories.
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