Lunar Chronicles: Belief and Bodies in Pain
In this highly personal piece Deepsikha Dasgupta recounts the intersection between lunar phases and the arthritic pain experienced by women in her family.
‘Encountering Pain’: Book Review
‘What is this thing called pain?’ Katharine Cheston reviews a new edited volume which sets out to explore this question.
Endometriosis, pain and paintings – where science meets art
Following endometriosis awareness month, scientist and researcher Danielle Perro questions the use of art as a tool within clinical practice when researching endometriosis-associated pain. Endometriosis; a chronic inflammatory condition characterised by tissue similar to that
Review of Communicating Pain: Exploring Suffering through Language, Literature and Creative Writing
How do we convey an experience of pain to others? This question – which has long fascinated scholars in the medical humanities – is addressed in a new book, reviewed here by Susanne Main. Communicating Pain
Reflections on Representing Pain: Narrative and Fragments
Chronic pain is in a state of representational crisis. That was how Sara Wasson opened the symposium, ‘Representing Pain: Narrative & Fragments’ at Lancaster University in August. Part of Wasson’s AHRC-funded network, Translating Chronic
‘What the Body Commands: The Imperative Theory of Pain’ reviewed by Emily Underwood-Lee
What the Body Commands: The Imperative Theory of Pain by Colin Klein (MIT, 2015) In this book Colin Klein presents us with a rigorously constructed, well written and witty argument where he proposes that
‘Pain: A Political History’ reviewed by Dr Anastasia Kucharski
‘Pain: A Political History’ by Keith Wailoo (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014) In Pain: A Political History Keith Wailoo surveys American social legislation since World War II in terms of its impact on people