Metagnosis: Revelatory Narratives of Health and Identity

by Danielle Spencer

Bridging memoir with key concepts in narratology, philosophy and history of medicine, and disability studies, this book identifies and names the phenomenon of metagnosis: the experience of learning in adulthood of a longstanding condition. It can occur when the condition has remained undetected (e.g. colorblindness) and/or when the diagnostic categories themselves have shifted (e.g. ADHD). More broadly, it can occur with unexpected revelations bearing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197510760
• ISBN13: 9780197510766
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 386 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.8" x 8.4"