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CFP: Special Issue of a/b: Auto/Biography Studies on ‘Embodiment’ Guest Editor: Sarah Brophy, McMaster University a/b: Auto/Biography Studies seeks original articles for a special issue on ‘Embodiment’ to be published as volume 33.2. Embodied lives, in all their corporeal, social, sensory, affective, political, economic, and technological dimensions, are the primary grounds for auto/biographical production. Building on… Continue reading →

Medically unexplained symptoms, hysteria, neurasthenia, hypochondria, psychogenic illness, somatic symptoms, functional illness, malingering—there is ongoing debate amongst specialists in medicine, psychology, sociology, and the medical humanities about how to classify, diagnose, treat, and explain disorders affecting body and mind. Meanwhile, in popular culture, these terms are misunderstood, unknown, or rejected outright—what was once called “psychosomatic” illness is… Continue reading →

JNT: Journal of Narrative Theory invites submissions that further the discussion of disabling and enabling narratives from a disability studies perspective. JNT is a forum for the theoretical exploration of individual narrative texts and of the intersections between narrative, history, ideology, and culture more broadly. Essays might engage with topics such as literature and dis/enabling environments and social space, how… Continue reading →