How the body speeks
Keywords:
illness experience, urban poor, illness categories, medical interactionsAbstract
In this paper I describe the ways in which illness is made knowable in the course of clinical and social transactions in Bhagwanpur Kheda in East Delhi. Illnesses might be seen as examples of quasi events that get inserted within the routines of everyday life but that can also morph into critical or catastrophic events that can rupture ongoing relations. This interplay between the ordinary and the catastrophic, the normal and the critical, vital norms and social norms is what concerns me in this paper.References
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