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Performativity Of Illness

Performativity of Illness is a theoretical framework within performance studies that conceptualizes the manifestation and experience of illness as actively constructed and socially negotiated through embodied practices, rhetorical expressions, and cultural performances rather than as a purely physiological or medical condition.

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95

Authors

60

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2017–2026

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Performing identities in illness narrative: masculinity and multiple sclerosis

Catherine Kohler Riessman · Qualitative Research · 2003 · 341 citations · Full text

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Narrative representations of chronic illness experience: cultural models of illness, mind, and body in stories concerning the Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ)

Linda C. Garro · Social Science & Medicine · 1994 · 212 citations

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The Exploitation of Illness in Capitalist Society

Daniel J. Klenow, Howard Waitzkin, Barbara Waterman · Teaching Sociology · 1977 · 134 citations

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Sickness as Cultural Performance: Drama, Trajectory, and Pilgrimage Root Metaphors and the Making Social of Disease

Ronald Frankenberg · International Journal of Health Services · 1986 · 99 citations

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The Exploitation of Illness in Capitalist Society.

Jan Hankin, Howard Waitzkin, Barbara Waterman · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1975 · 99 citations

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Authors

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  1. BW
    Barbara Waterman

    2 publications · 233 citations

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  2. CK
    Catherine Kohler Riessman

    Smith College, United States

    2 publications · 372 citations

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  3. HW
    Howard Waitzkin

    University of New Mexico, United States

    2 publications · 233 citations

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  4. JL
    Judith Lorber

    City University of New York, United States

    2 publications · 49 citations

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  5. ET
    Elena Trivelli

    Ronin Institute, United States

    1 publications · 24 citations

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Institutions

60

  1. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    49 citations

  2. Boston College

    Boston, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    372 citations

  3. Cleveland University

    Overland Park, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    19 citations

  4. Universität Hamburg

    Hamburg, Germany

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    15 citations

  5. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

  6. John F. Kennedy University

    Pleasant Hill, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    19 citations

  7. Maastricht University

    Maastricht, The Netherlands

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    23 citations

  8. Kingston University

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    10 citations

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Venues

  1. Culture Medicine and Psychiatry

    5 publications · 150 citations

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  2. Medical Humanities

    2 publications · 28 citations

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  3. Health Communication

    2 publications · 77 citations

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  5. Qualitative Health Research

    QHR · 2 publications · 57 citations

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