Lambek, Antze
Irony and Illness
- ISBN 13:
- 9781571816740
- author:
- Lambek, Antze
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2003
- Pages:
- 120
- Genre:
- Anthropology
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 20 working days
Description
Illness and Irony explores the complex relationships between suffering, therapy, and irony in various cultural contexts. This collection of studies examines how illness and therapy can be seen as sites where human condition ironies are produced, encountered, acknowledged, or dismissed. The contributors apply theories of irony to diverse settings, including Freud's consulting room, Lacanian clinics, and traditional healing practices in Yemeni villages. By analyzing these cases, the authors shed light on questions of human agency and the broader significance of irony for theoretical inquiry. The book concludes with an introductory chapter by Michael Lambek and a concluding section that links the various contributions to current debates about irony in rhetoric, linguistics, and comparative literature.
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