Healing and the Invention of Metaphor: Toward a Poetics of Illness Experience by Laurence J. Kirmayer

Healing and the Invention of Metaphor: Toward a Poetics of Illness Experience

Laurence J. Kirmayer

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nonfiction psychology
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It has long been understood that illness is influenced not only by our bodies' physiology, but also language, culture, and meaning. This book, written by renowned cultural psychiatrist Laurence Kirmayer, explores of the influence of metaphor, narr...

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