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OverviewBecause of issues of life, death, suffering, and the mortal body, the medical profession is a fertile arena for humor that serves to address these topics. The Medical Carnivalesque studies such medical humor among physicians. Suggesting that laughter and suffering connect to form part of a broader phenomenon called the medical carnivalesque, author Lisa Gabbert explores humor as a fundamental way of coping with core philosophical and existential issues that physicians regularly engage with. Featuring topics such as the institutionalized nature of physician suffering, death-related humor, humor about patient bodies, and humor about medical specialties, this ethnography of the evolution of medical humor shows us how the culture of contemporary medicine addresses the painful and transgressive aspects of the work. The Medical Carnivalesque shows us that suffering is an essential component of life, and humor in medicine emerges because of extraordinarily difficult work environments that induce suffering of the physicians themselves. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Lisa Gabbert (UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY)Publisher: Indiana University Press Imprint: Indiana University Press Weight: 0.508kg ISBN: 9780253070241ISBN 10: 0253070244 Pages: 228 Publication Date: 06 August 2024 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents"Foreword, by Antonio Salud II, MD MA Introduction 1. ""Like Drinking from a Firehose"": The Organization of Medical Education, Training, and Work 2. ""Living the Dream"": Suffering, Moral Injury, and Trauma in Medical Practice 3. Death, Life, and Other Absurdities 4. Bodies of Humor: The Medicalized and the Grotesque 5. ""I Need to Fix It"": Spurious and Expert Knowledge Conclusion: Suffering and the Carnivalesque References Index"Reviews"""The Medical Carnivalesque is a timely effort to bring the public the awareness of the indivisible relationship between the physical and mental health of both patients and medical personnel, and it shows how folklore can help transform everyone from facing sufferings of sickness or death to living a meaningful life with hope and laughter.""—Juwen Zhang, author of Oral Traditions in Contemporary China: Healing a Nation and Epidemics in Folk Memory" ""The Medical Carnivalesque is a timely effort to bring the public the awareness of the indivisible relationship between the physical and mental health of both patients and medical personnel, and it shows how folklore can help transform everyone from facing sufferings of sickness or death to living a meaningful life with hope and laughter.""—Juwen Zhang, author of Oral Traditions in Contemporary China: Healing a Nation and Epidemics in Folk Memory Author InformationLisa Gabbert is Professor of Folklore Studies in the Department of English at Utah State University. She is author of Winter Carnival in a Western Town: Identity, Change, and the Good of the Community and (with Keiko Wells) of An Introduction to Vernacular Culture in America: Society, Region, and Tradition. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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