Devils, Serpents, Zebras: Metaphors of Illness in Contemporary Swedish Literature on Eating Disorders
Författare
Redaktör
- Peter L Twohig
- Vera Kalitzkus
Summary, in English
The present paper explores the metaphors of illness in Swedish narratives on eating disorders, published between 1987 and 2005. The authors use the metaphors of powerful beings such as serpents or devils to name their illness, and these metaphors can be analysed as being part of the master metaphors of battle, territory and intruders. This paper discusses the metaphors used to envision the flesh and the self, as well as three important “intruders”: compulsive starvation, food, and the urge to eat.
Avdelning/ar
Publiceringsår
2008
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
95-111
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Social Studies of Health, Illness and Disease. Perspectives from the Social Sciences and Humanities
Volym
49
Dokumenttyp
Del av eller Kapitel i bok
Förlag
Rodopi
Ämne
- Languages and Literature
Nyckelord
- Metaphors of illness
- eating disorders
- anorexia
- Swedish literature.
- bulimia
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISBN: 978-90-420-2405-2