The Medical Carnivalesque: Folklore Among Physicians

by Lisa Gabbert

The practice of medicine is immersed in issues of life, death, and suffering in relation to the mortal body. Because of this, the medical profession is a fertile arena for folklore that serves to address these topics among physicians.

In The Medical Carnivalesque, Lisa Gabbert argues that this extraordinarily difficult work context has led to the development of an occupational corpus of folklore, backstage talk, and humor that she...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253070236
• ISBN13: 9780253070234
• Release Date: August 2024
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher