{"product_id":"the-medical-carnivalesque-folklore-among-physicians-9780253070234","title":"The Medical Carnivalesque: Folklore Among Physicians","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe practice of medicine is immersed in issues of life, death, and suffering in relation to the mortal body. Because of this, the medical profession is a fertile arena for folklore that serves to address these topics among physicians.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Medical Carnivalesque\u003c\/i\u003e, Lisa Gabbert argues that this extraordinarily difficult work context has led to the development of an occupational corpus of folklore, backstage talk, and humor that she calls the medical carnivalesque. Gabbert argues that suffering is not only something experienced by patients, but that the organization, practice, and ethos of medicine can induce suffering in physicians themselves. Featuring topics such as the institutionalized nature of physician suffering, death-related humor and talk, stories about patient bodies, and parodies of medical specialties, \u003ci\u003eThe Medical Carnivalesque\u003c\/i\u003e shows us how the culture of contemporary medicine uses travesty, humor, and inversion to address the sometimes painful and often transgressive aspects of doctoring. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Medical Carnivalesque \u003c\/i\u003econnects patient and physician suffering to laughter; acknowledges suffering as an essential component of life; and constitutes a way in which some physicians address the core philosophical and existential issues with which they regularly engage as they go about their daily work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lisa Gabbert\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Indiana University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/06\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.52d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780253070234","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43293890805897,"sku":"9780253070234","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_358e6b61-7d2c-4ad2-9d09-d9b2a4c17a2f.jpg?v=1737445646","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-medical-carnivalesque-folklore-among-physicians-9780253070234","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}