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  1. The language and imagery of coma and brain injury
    representations in literature, film and media
    Published: 2021
    Publisher:  Bloomsbury Academic, London

    Introduction -- 1. Contextualising coma: a medical and cultural history -- 2. Coma, memory and the exilic self -- 3. Coma and the Katabatic archetype -- 4. Selfhood and the post-coma condition -- 5. Coma, brain injury and lived experience -- 6. Coma... more

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    Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Haus Unter den Linden
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    Universität Potsdam, Universitätsbibliothek
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    Introduction -- 1. Contextualising coma: a medical and cultural history -- 2. Coma, memory and the exilic self -- 3. Coma and the Katabatic archetype -- 4. Selfhood and the post-coma condition -- 5. Coma, brain injury and lived experience -- 6. Coma as metaphor. "What occurs within coma? What does the coma patient experience? How does the patient perceive the world outside of coma, if at all? The simple answer to these questions is that we don't know. Yet the sheer volume of literary and media texts would have us believe that we do. This book examines representations of coma and brain injury across a range of texts, exploring common tropes and linguistic devices used to portray this medical condition and which help shape universal mythologies of coma. It looks at how these texts represent, or fail to represent, long-term brain injury, drawing on narratives of coma survivors that have been produced and curated through writing groups that the author has run over the last 7 years. Discussing a diverse range of cultural works, including novels by Irvine Welsh, Stephen King, Tom McCarthy and Douglas Coupland, as well as film and media texts such as The Sopranos, Kill Bill, Coma and The Walking Dead, this study provides an explanation for our fascination with coma. With a proliferation of overly positive stories of survival in the media and in literature, this book explores the potential impact these have upon our own understanding of coma and its victims."--

     

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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781350077829; 9781350077812; 9781350238152; 9781350077799
    Other identifier:
    RVK Categories: EC 5197 ; AP 50300
    Subjects: Magic realism (Literature); Coma; Brain; Literature; Motion pictures; Electronic books
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (216 Seiten), Illustrationen
    Notes:

    Includes index

  2. The language and imagery of coma and brain injury
    representations in literature, film and media
    Published: 2021
    Publisher:  Bloomsbury Academic, London

    Contextualizing coma and brain injury : a linguistic, cultural and medical history -- Coma, trauma and the exilic self -- Coma and the katabatic archetype -- Selfhood and the post-coma condition -- Coma, brain injury and lived experience -- Coma and... more

    Universitätsbibliothek Duisburg-Essen
    BLN1132
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    Contextualizing coma and brain injury : a linguistic, cultural and medical history -- Coma, trauma and the exilic self -- Coma and the katabatic archetype -- Selfhood and the post-coma condition -- Coma, brain injury and lived experience -- Coma and brain injury : metaphor and narrative prosthesis.

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 9781350077799
    Subjects: Literature, Modern; Coma in literature; Coma in mass media; Brain damage in literature; Brain damage in mass media
    Scope: vii, 216 Seiten
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references and index

  3. <<The>> language and imagery of coma and brain injury
    representations in literature, film and media
    Published: 2021
    Publisher:  Bloomsbury Academic, London

    Contextualizing coma and brain injury : a linguistic, cultural and medical history -- Coma, trauma and the exilic self -- Coma and the katabatic archetype -- Selfhood and the post-coma condition -- Coma, brain injury and lived experience -- Coma and... more

    Universitätsbibliothek Duisburg-Essen
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    Contextualizing coma and brain injury : a linguistic, cultural and medical history -- Coma, trauma and the exilic self -- Coma and the katabatic archetype -- Selfhood and the post-coma condition -- Coma, brain injury and lived experience -- Coma and brain injury : metaphor and narrative prosthesis

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9781350077799
    Subjects: Literature, Modern; Coma in literature; Coma in mass media; Brain damage in literature; Brain damage in mass media
    Scope: vii, 216 Seiten
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references and index

  4. The language and imagery of coma and brain injury
    representations in literature, film and media
    Published: 2021
    Publisher:  Bloomsbury Academic, London

    "What occurs within coma? What does the coma patient experience? How does the patient perceive the world outside of coma, if at all? The simple answer to these questions is that we don't know. Yet the sheer volume of literary and media texts would... more

    Universitätsbibliothek Freiburg
    GE 2021/7067
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    "What occurs within coma? What does the coma patient experience? How does the patient perceive the world outside of coma, if at all? The simple answer to these questions is that we don't know. Yet the sheer volume of literary and media texts would have us believe that we do. This book examines representations of coma and brain injury across a range of texts, exploring common tropes and linguistic devices used to portray this medical condition and which help shape universal mythologies of coma. It looks at how these texts represent, or fail to represent, long-term brain injury, drawing on narratives of coma survivors that have been produced and curated through writing groups that the author has run over the last 7 years. Discussing a diverse range of cultural works, including novels by Irvine Welsh, Stephen King, Tom McCarthy and Douglas Coupland, as well as film and media texts such as The Sopranos, Kill Bill, Coma and The Walking Dead, this study provides an explanation for our fascination with coma. With a proliferation of overly positive stories of survival in the media and in literature, this book explores the potential impact these have upon our own understanding of coma and its victims"--

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9781350077799
    RVK Categories: EC 5197 ; AP 50300
    Subjects: Literature, Modern; Coma in literature; Coma in mass media; Brain damage in literature; Brain damage in mass media
    Scope: 216 Seiten, Illustrationen
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references and index

  5. The language and imagery of coma and brain injury
    representations in literature, film and media
    Published: 2021
    Publisher:  Bloomsbury Academic, London

    Introduction -- 1. Contextualising coma: a medical and cultural history -- 2. Coma, memory and the exilic self -- 3. Coma and the Katabatic archetype -- 4. Selfhood and the post-coma condition -- 5. Coma, brain injury and lived experience -- 6. Coma... more

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    Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Haus Potsdamer Straße
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    Bibliotheks-und Informationssystem der Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg (BIS)
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    Universität Potsdam, Universitätsbibliothek
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    Introduction -- 1. Contextualising coma: a medical and cultural history -- 2. Coma, memory and the exilic self -- 3. Coma and the Katabatic archetype -- 4. Selfhood and the post-coma condition -- 5. Coma, brain injury and lived experience -- 6. Coma as metaphor. "What occurs within coma? What does the coma patient experience? How does the patient perceive the world outside of coma, if at all? The simple answer to these questions is that we don't know. Yet the sheer volume of literary and media texts would have us believe that we do. This book examines representations of coma and brain injury across a range of texts, exploring common tropes and linguistic devices used to portray this medical condition and which help shape universal mythologies of coma. It looks at how these texts represent, or fail to represent, long-term brain injury, drawing on narratives of coma survivors that have been produced and curated through writing groups that the author has run over the last 7 years. Discussing a diverse range of cultural works, including novels by Irvine Welsh, Stephen King, Tom McCarthy and Douglas Coupland, as well as film and media texts such as The Sopranos, Kill Bill, Coma and The Walking Dead, this study provides an explanation for our fascination with coma. With a proliferation of overly positive stories of survival in the media and in literature, this book explores the potential impact these have upon our own understanding of coma and its victims."--

     

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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781350077829; 9781350077812; 9781350238152; 9781350077799
    Other identifier:
    RVK Categories: EC 5197 ; AP 50300
    Subjects: Magic realism (Literature); Coma; Brain; Literature; Motion pictures; Electronic books
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (216 Seiten), Illustrationen
    Notes:

    Includes index