The Literary and Linguistic Construction of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder [electronic resource] : No Ordinary Doubt /
Friedrich, Patricia.author.
This book presents a literary and linguistic reading of obsessive-compulsive disorder to argue that medical understandings of disability need their social, political, literary and linguistic counterparts, especially if we aspire to create a more inclusive, self-reflective society.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: -- List of illustrationsPreface Acknowledgements1. OCD Inside Out: The Forging of Disorder2. Recurrent Doubt: A Brief Story of OCD Through its Literary Texts3. Just for Fun: The Misappropriation of OCD for Humor and the Role of Critical Disciplines in Claiming it Back4. Someone Else's Words: OCD, Language and Discourse Power5. Me and my OCD: Memoirs and the Challenges of Self Representation6. Not 'Just' a Story: Literary Invention, Innovation, and OCD 7. Bioconcerns, OCD Fears, and Other Worrisome Things: Healing Through NarrativeBibliographyIndex.
This book presents a literary and linguistic reading of obsessive-compulsive disorder to argue that medical understandings of disability need their social, political, literary and linguistic counterparts, especially if we aspire to create a more inclusive, self-reflective society.
Motion pictures—History.
Literature—Philosophy.
Culture—Study and teaching.
Literature, Modern—20th century.
Clinical psychology.
Discourse analysis.
Film History.
Literary Theory.
Cultural Theory.
Twentieth-Century Literature.
Clinical Psychology.
Discourse Analysis.