The Poetics of the Body in Pain: Wordlessness, Figurative Language and the Chronic Pain Experience

The Poetics of the Body in Pain: Wordlessness, Figurative Language and the Chronic Pain Experience

Pre-linguistic expressions and literal language are inadequate to describe pain. The former only informs of the presence of bodily pain, while the latter cannot explain purely physical phenomena. Figurative language is thus the alternative to communicate and describ...

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Main Author: Shadia Abdel-Rahman Téllez
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Institute of Philosophy of the Jagiellonian University 2018-12-01
Series:The Polish Journal of Aesthetics
Subjects:
chronic pain
figurative
language
art
body
Online Access:https://pjaesthetics.uj.edu.pl/documents/138618288/143076540/newpja-51-1-art-shadia-a-r-tellez.pdf/520ea325-1332-4a8f-9c38-58b98ca20a8c
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The Poetics of the Body in Pain: Wordlessness, Figurative Language and the Chronic Pain Experience
The Polish Journal of Aesthetics
chronic pain
figurative
language
art
body
author_facet Shadia Abdel-Rahman Téllez
author_sort Shadia Abdel-Rahman Téllez
title The Poetics of the Body in Pain: Wordlessness, Figurative Language and the Chronic Pain Experience
title_short The Poetics of the Body in Pain: Wordlessness, Figurative Language and the Chronic Pain Experience
title_full The Poetics of the Body in Pain: Wordlessness, Figurative Language and the Chronic Pain Experience
title_fullStr The Poetics of the Body in Pain: Wordlessness, Figurative Language and the Chronic Pain Experience
title_full_unstemmed The Poetics of the Body in Pain: Wordlessness, Figurative Language and the Chronic Pain Experience
title_sort poetics of the body in pain: wordlessness, figurative language and the chronic pain experience
publisher Institute of Philosophy of the Jagiellonian University
series The Polish Journal of Aesthetics
issn 2544-8242
publishDate 2018-12-01
description Pre-linguistic expressions and literal language are inadequate to describe pain. The former only informs of the presence of bodily pain, while the latter cannot explain purely physical phenomena. Figurative language is thus the alternative to communicate and describe the pain experience. The analysis of texts written by real-life chronic pain sufferers sheds light on the cultural component of metaphors and the conceptual strategies used in the symbolic construction ofthe pain experience.
topic chronic pain
figurative
language
art
body
url https://pjaesthetics.uj.edu.pl/documents/138618288/143076540/newpja-51-1-art-shadia-a-r-tellez.pdf/520ea325-1332-4a8f-9c38-58b98ca20a8c
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