Lisa Gabbert is Professor of Folklore Studies in the Department of English at Utah State University. She is author of Winter Carnival in a Western Town: Identity, Change, and the Good of the Community and (with Keiko Wells) of An Introduction to Vernacular Culture in America: Society, Region, and Tradition.
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Foreword, by Antonio Salud II, MD MA Introduction 1. "Like Drinking from a Firehose": The Organization of Medical Education, Training, and Work 2. "Living the Dream": Suffering, Moral Injury, and Trauma in Medical Practice 3. Death, Life, and Other Absurdities 4. Bodies of Humor: The Medicalized and the Grotesque 5. "I Need to Fix It": Spurious and Expert Knowledge Conclusion: Suffering and the Carnivalesque References Index
"The Medical Carnivalesque is a timely effort to bring the public the awareness of the indivisible relationship between the physical and mental health of both patients and medical personnel, and it shows how folklore can help transform everyone from facing sufferings of sickness or death to living a meaningful life with hope and laughter."-Juwen Zhang, author of Oral Traditions in Contemporary China: Healing a Nation and Epidemics in Folk Memory