Vital Bodies: Living with Illness
Charlotte Bates
Abstract
This book is the story of twelve people, each living with long-term illness. Delving into the routines and rhythms of everyday life, the book reveals the significance of the things that we usually take for granted, from what we eat to when we sleep, how we move, and what we wear. Learning from the lives portrayed, it explores ideas of care, vulnerability and choice, questioning what it means to live a modern life with illness and illuminating the vitality of bodies along the way. Juxtaposing academic text with rich descriptions and vivid illustrations, including video stills, journal extracts, ... More
Keywords: Illness, Body, Everyday life, Video diaries, Visual sociology, Sociology of health and illness, Living with a chronical disease
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2018 | Print ISBN-13: 9781447335047 |
| Published to Policy Press Scholarship Online: September 2019 | DOI:10.1332/policypress/9781447335047.001.0001 |
