{"product_id":"the-medical-carnivalesque-folklore-among-physicians-hardback-9780253070241","title":"The Medical Carnivalesque; Folklore Among Physicians (Hardback) 9780253070241","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Medical Carnivalesque\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFolklore Among Physicians\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLisa Gabbert (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253070241\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 6 August 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e228 pages, 12 b\u0026amp;w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.508 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Medical Carnivalesque\u003c\/i\u003e is a timely effort to bring the public the awareness of the indivisible relationship between the physical and mental health of both patients and medical personnel, and it shows how folklore can help transform everyone from facing sufferings of sickness or death to living a meaningful life with hope and laughter.\"—Juwen Zhang, author of\u003ci\u003e Oral Traditions in Contemporary China: Healing a Nation and Epidemics in Folk Memory\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe practice of medicine is immersed in issues of life, death, and suffering in relation to the mortal body. Because of this, the medical profession is a fertile arena for folklore that serves to address these topics among physicians.\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Medical Carnivalesque\u003c\/i\u003e, Lisa Gabbert argues that this extraordinarily difficult work context has led to the development of an occupational corpus of folklore, backstage talk, and humor that she calls the medical carnivalesque. Gabbert argues that suffering is not only something experienced by patients, but that the organization, practice, and ethos of medicine can induce suffering in physicians themselves. Featuring topics such as the institutionalized nature of physician suffering, death-related humor and talk, stories about patient bodies, and parodies of medical specialties, \u003ci\u003eThe Medical Carnivalesque\u003c\/i\u003e shows us how the culture of contemporary medicine uses travesty, humor, and inversion to address the sometimes painful and often transgressive aspects of doctoring. \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Medical Carnivalesque \u003c\/i\u003econnects patient and physician suffering to laughter; acknowledges suffering as an essential component of life; and constitutes a way in which some physicians address the core philosophical and existential issues with which they regularly engage as they go about their daily work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword, by Antonio Salud II, MD MA\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. \"Like Drinking from a Firehose\": The Organization of Medical Education, Training, and Work\u003cbr\u003e 2. \"Living the Dream\": Suffering, Moral Injury, and Trauma in Medical Practice\u003cbr\u003e 3. Death, Life, and Other Absurdities\u003cbr\u003e 4. Bodies of Humor: The Medicalized and the Grotesque\u003cbr\u003e 5. \"I Need to Fix It\": Spurious and Expert Knowledge\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Suffering and the Carnivalesque\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52525597917464,"sku":"9780253070241","price":58.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-medical-carnivalesque-folklore-among-physicians-hardback-9780253070241","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}