TY - JOUR
T1 - At WITSENDO
T2 - Communal embodiment through storytelling in women's experiences with endometriosis
AU - Emad, Mitra C.
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - This article argues for a new body-in-the-making emerging at the intersections of corporeality and discourse in the face of chronic, debilitating pain. Working with the body stories/illness narratives of a small, self-selected group of women suffering from endometriosis who regularly participate in an online discussion list (WITSENDO), I delineate a notion of embodiment through the co-creation of a "communal body." The substance of this body is the women's stories-illness narratives written and re-written on the online discussion forum, as well as in off-list responses to my posted questions and in two depth interviews.
AB - This article argues for a new body-in-the-making emerging at the intersections of corporeality and discourse in the face of chronic, debilitating pain. Working with the body stories/illness narratives of a small, self-selected group of women suffering from endometriosis who regularly participate in an online discussion list (WITSENDO), I delineate a notion of embodiment through the co-creation of a "communal body." The substance of this body is the women's stories-illness narratives written and re-written on the online discussion forum, as well as in off-list responses to my posted questions and in two depth interviews.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.wsif.2006.03.005
DO - 10.1016/j.wsif.2006.03.005
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33745052325
SN - 0277-5395
VL - 29
SP - 197
EP - 207
JO - Women's Studies International Forum
JF - Women's Studies International Forum
IS - 2
ER -