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Normal: A Chaplain, a Community with Hiv/Aids, and the Eternal Life of Stories

by Audrey Elisa Kerr

Caregiving and illness narratives at the margins

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Caregiving and illness narratives at the margins

Audrey Elisa Kerr brings together chaplaincy, ethnographic observation, and memoir in an account of working at a facility for people with HIV and AIDS. Patient narratives and the chaplain’s own story frame the book’s exploration of caregiving amid stigmatized illness. Its subject is not only the experience of illness, but also how stories can make visible lives shaped by marginality and the relationship between caregiver and patient.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in chaplaincy and caregiving in health settings
  • Readers exploring memoir and illness narratives
  • Readers interested in HIV/AIDS and the social experience of stigmatized illness

Themes

Chaplaincy and caregivingHIV/AIDS and stigmaIllness narrativesMarginality and storytelling

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Book overview

This book chronicles the intersection of chaplaincy, autopathography (illness narratives), and stigmatized illness through the observations and stories of a chaplain working at a facility for people with HIV and AIDS. Trained as both an ethnographer and a chaplain, Audrey Elisa Kerr uses memoir to bridge the relationship between caregiver and patient, and allows stories of marginality to frame both her patients' stories and her own.
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