Isbn: 9780300282948 - field guide to falling ill: essays (the yale nonfiction book prize, 3) (17 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. From the inaugural winner of the Yale Nonfiction Book Prize, a riveting exploration of illness and medicine that imagines a more humane form of care ?What was wrong with them? That?s what we wanted to know.? So begins Jonathan Gleason?s prizewinning collection of essays on the human lives behind the corporate, legal, and cultural practices that shape disease. Drawing on his experiences as a medical interpreter and patient, Gleason illuminates a stunning range of topics, including the racial dimensions of organ donation, the past and present of the AIDS crisis, and the troubled relationship between state violence and mental illness. With sharp analysis and boundless empathy, Gleason shows how medicine is shaped by cultural narratives, historical contexts, and the complicated people who practice it.In her foreword, Meghan O?Rourke, judge of the Yale Nonfiction Book Prize, writes that ?illness is often framed as a crisis to endure or overcome. But as Gleason?s work reminds us, illness is also a way of knowing. His essays speak to the precarious beauty of that knowing, and to the ways it connects us?to history, to culture, to one another..…

Hardback. Zustand: Good. From the inaugural winner of the Yale Nonfiction Book Prize, a riveting exploration of illness and medicine that imagines a more humane form of care ?What was wrong with them? That?s what we wanted to know.? So begins Jonathan Gleason?s prizewinning collection of essays on the human lives behind the corporate, legal, and cultural practices that shape disease. Drawing on his experiences as a medical interpreter and patient, Gleason illuminates a stunning range of topics, including the racial dimensions of organ donation, the past and present of the AIDS crisis, and the troubled relationship between state violence and mental illness. With sharp analysis and boundless empathy, Gleason shows how medicine is shaped by cultural narratives, historical contexts, and the complicated people who practice it.In her foreword, Meghan O?Rourke, judge of the Yale Nonfiction Book Prize, writes that ?illness is often framed as a crisis to endure or overcome. But as Gleason?s work reminds us, illness is also a way of knowing. His essays speak to the precarious beauty of that knowing, and to the ways it connects us?to history, to culture, to one another..…

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Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 256 pages. 8.51x5.51x8.69 inches. In Stock.

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Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 256 pages. 8.51x5.51x8.69 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 256 pages. 8.51x5.51x8.69 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 256 pages. 8.51x5.51x8.69 inches. In Stock.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - From the inaugural winner of the Yale Nonfiction Book Prize, a riveting exploration of illness and medicine that imagines a more humane form of care'What was wrong with them That's what we wanted to know.' So begins Jonathan Gleason's prizewinning collection of essays on the human lives behind the corporate, legal, and cultural practices that shape disease. Drawing on his experiences as a medical interpreter and patient, Gleason illuminates a stunning range of topics, including the racial dimensions of organ donation, the past and present of the AIDS crisis, and the troubled relationship between state violence and mental illness. With sharp analysis and boundless empathy, Gleason shows how medicine is shaped by cultural narratives, historical contexts, and the complicated people who practice it.In her foreword, Meghan O'Rourke, judge of the Yale Nonfiction Book Prize, writes that 'illness is often framed as a crisis to endure or overcome. But as Gleason's work reminds us, illness is also a way of knowing. His essays speak to the precarious beauty of that knowing, and to the ways it connects us-to history, to culture, to one another.'.…

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -From the inaugural winner of the Yale Nonfiction Book Prize, a riveting exploration of illness and medicine that imagines a more humane form of care'What was wrong with them That's what we wanted to know.' So begins Jonathan Gleason's prizewinning collection of essays on the human lives behind the corporate, legal, and cultural practices that shape disease. Drawing on his experiences as a medical interpreter and patient, Gleason illuminates a stunning range of topics, including the racial dimensions of organ donation, the past and present of the AIDS crisis, and the troubled relationship between state violence and mental illness. With sharp analysis and boundless empathy, Gleason shows how medicine is shaped by cultural narratives, historical contexts, and the complicated people who practice it.In her foreword, Meghan O'Rourke, judge of the Yale Nonfiction Book Prize, writes that 'illness is often framed as a crisis to endure or overcome. But as Gleason's work reminds us, illness is also a way of knowing. His essays speak to the precarious beauty of that knowing, and to the ways it connects us-to history, to culture, to one another.'Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld 256 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Field Guide to Falling Ill | Essays | Jonathan Gleason | Buch | Einband - fest (Hardcover) | Englisch | 2026 | Yale University Press | EAN 9780300282948 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -From the inaugural winner of the Yale Nonfiction Book Prize, a riveting exploration of illness and medicine that imagines a more humane form of care'What was wrong with them That's what we wanted to know.' So begins Jonathan Gleason's prizewinning collection of essays on the human lives behind the corporate, legal, and cultural practices that shape disease. Drawing on his experiences as a medical interpreter and patient, Gleason illuminates a stunning range of topics, including the racial dimensions of organ donation, the past and present of the AIDS crisis, and the troubled relationship between state violence and mental illness. With sharp analysis and boundless empathy, Gleason shows how medicine is shaped by cultural narratives, historical contexts, and the complicated people who practice it.In her foreword, Meghan O'Rourke, judge of the Yale Nonfiction Book Prize, writes that 'illness is often framed as a crisis to endure or overcome. But as Gleason's work reminds us, illness is also a way of knowing. His essays speak to the precarious beauty of that knowing, and to the ways it connects us-to history, to culture, to one another.' 256 pp. Englisch.…