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1. Health, Illness and Culture

   Broken Narratives

   Edited by Lars-Christer Hydén, Jens Brockmeier

   Series: Routledge Studies in Health and Social Welfare

   This collection of essays examines the interrelations between illness, disability, health, society, and culture. The contributors examine how "narratives" have emerged and been utilized within these areas to help those who have experienced d injury, disability, dementia, pain, grief, or...

   Published July 28th 2011 by Routledge
2. Literacy, Narrative and Culture

   Edited by Jens Brockmeier, David R. Olson, Min Wang

   An important contribution to the multi-disciplinary study of literacy, narrative and culture, this work argues that literacy is perhaps best described as an ensemble of socially and historically embedded activities of cultural practices. It suggests viewing written language, producing and...

   Published January 30th 2002 by Routledge