This book provides an overview on critical healing, which draws on queer theory, disability studies, postcolonial theory, and literary and cultural studies in order to theorize productive engagements between the clinical and cultural aspects of biomedical knowledge and practice. The essays in this volume historicize and theorize diagnosis, particularly diagnosis that impacts trans health and sexuality, queer health and identity, and sexually transmitted diseases such as HIV/AIDS. The chapters also address racialization, disability, and colonialism through discussions of fiction, film, critical memoir, and comics in relation to biomedical discourse and knowledge.
Previously published in Journal of Medical Humanities Volume 40, issue 1, March 2019
Chapter “Queer Theory and Biomedical Practice: The Biomedicalization of Sexuality/The Cultural Politics of Biomedicine” is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.
Author(s): Rebecca Garden, William J. Spurlin
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 140
City: Cham
Contents
Critical Healing: Queering Diagnosis and Public Health through the Health Humanities
Abstract
References
Queer Theory and Biomedical Practice: The Biomedicalization of Sexuality/The Cultural Politics of Biomedicine
Abstract
References
Choir Boy: Trans Vocal Performance and the De-Pathologization of Transition
Abstract
A false case: re-scripting wrong body narratives
Wronged bodies: the medicalization of trans identity
Choirboys: a reality of the human condition
Keep singing: vocal performance contesting pathology
References
The...
Abstract
References
Fanon and the New Paraphilias: Towards a Trans of Color Critique of the DSM-V
Abstract
Autogynephilia in the new “transvestic disorder” diagnosis
Fanonian paraphilia
Racial envy and trans desire in psychoanalytic theory
Conclusion: towards a trans of color critique of the DSM-V
References
Listening to Quackery: Reading John Wesley’s Primitive Physic in an Age of Health Care Reform
Abstract
Wesley’s motivation for publishing Primitive Physic
Primitive Physic: goals and framework
Reception and criticism
Quackery in contemporary context
Two perspectives
Randomized clinical trials
Experience
Conclusion
References
The Role of the Curator in Modern Hospitals: A Transcontinental Perspective
Abstract
Introduction
Definitions
Background to the role of the modern curator in hospital
Aims of the research
Methods
Data anaylsis
Results
Participants
Discussion
Recommendations
References
What Money Cannot Buy and What Money Ought Not Buy: Dignity, Motives, and Markets in Human Organ Procurement Debates
Abstract
Dignity: more than autonomy
The question of human dignity in organ markets
Motives, money, and dignity
What money cannot buy and what money ought not buy
What kind of policy for what kind of society?
Conclusions
Endnotes
References
Authenticity in Anatomy Art
Abstract
Anatomy art
Authenticity
Authenticity in art
Authenticity in anatomy education
Replicating and presenting the body
Wax anatomical models
Ruysch’s preservations
von Hagens’ plastinates
Conclusion
Endnotes
References
Tangles that Lead Nowhere
