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Hypochondria: In Sickness and in Story

Hypochondria: In Sickness and in Story

Mintz, Susannah B.

Hardcover

Health GeneralMedical ReferenceMental Health

Publisher Price: $26.00

ISBN10: 1836391226
ISBN13: 9781836391227
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Published: May 6 2026
Pages: 296
Weight: 1.15
Height: 1.43 Width: 5.52 Depth: 8.59
Language: English
Reimagines health anxiety not as pathology, but as a creative possibility.

Hypochondria proposes a bold reimagining of a frequently dismissed condition. Susannah B. Mintz reframes health anxiety not as a pathology but as a site of creative potential--exploring hypochondria as a form of communication, a reorientation to time, a convergence of personal and communal identity, a declaration of body-mind needs, and an embrace of aging's transformations. Far-ranging in its attention to historical periods, national literatures, philosophical thought, and medical discourse, the book challenges the containment of suffering within narratives of professional authority. In doing so, it seeks to dispel shame and stigma, opening space for new forms of connection and understanding through a deeper attentiveness to the experience of illness.

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