Loren Gaudet
Biographic Data
| ID | 2178014 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Loren Gaudet |
| GIVEN NAMES | Loren |
| FAMILY NAME | Gaudet |
| SIGNATURE | GAUDET L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Victoria |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9955-2117 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Repulsive and precious
The purpose of this paper is to take seriously the role of the tick in Canadian Lyme disease discourse. I analyse Public Health Agency of Canada Lyme disease awareness materials alongside patient narratives from the 2016 Canadian Conference to Develop a Federal Framework on Lyme Disease to show that the tick has a more complex, symbiotic relationship to the Lyme disease sufferer. The tick, therefore, is not just a threat, but also is essential in…
X-ray, by Nicole Lobdell. New York and London
The piety of optimization
This article uses the tools of rhetorical study to investigate how health awareness, as both a concept and a set of beliefs that reinforce ideals of health, permeates everyday life and affects ways of being. I explore how health awareness is communicated through both public health and commercial marketing campaigns, and argue that as the sources of information change, so too do the ideas of health that we are asked to be aware of. Through an anal…
Health awareness as genre
Dominant understandings of genre-as-form have limited our abilities to perceive health awareness: we recognise, and expect, health awareness campaigns from governmental and non-profit agencies. Inversely, we often fail to recognise, or name, health awareness as such when it comes from other sources, such as commercial marketing or advertisements for products. However, rhetorical genre theory centres attention on action brought about by form and, …
Even Heroes Get Depressed”
Health awareness as genre
Dominant understandings of genre-as-form have limited our abilities to perceive health awareness: we recognise, and expect, health awareness campaigns from governmental and non-profit agencies. Inversely, we often fail to recognise, or name, health awareness as such when it comes from other sources, such as commercial marketing or advertisements for products. However, rhetorical genre theory centres attention on action brought about by form and, …
Even Heroes Get Depressed”
Health awareness as genre
Dominant understandings of genre-as-form have limited our abilities to perceive health awareness: we recognise, and expect, health awareness campaigns from governmental and non-profit agencies. Inversely, we often fail to recognise, or name, health awareness as such when it comes from other sources, such as commercial marketing or advertisements for products. However, rhetorical genre theory centres attention on action brought about by form and, …
The piety of optimization
This article uses the tools of rhetorical study to investigate how health awareness, as both a concept and a set of beliefs that reinforce ideals of health, permeates everyday life and affects ways of being. I explore how health awareness is communicated through both public health and commercial marketing campaigns, and argue that as the sources of information change, so too do the ideas of health that we are asked to be aware of. Through an anal…
X-ray, by Nicole Lobdell. New York and London
Repulsive and precious
The purpose of this paper is to take seriously the role of the tick in Canadian Lyme disease discourse. I analyse Public Health Agency of Canada Lyme disease awareness materials alongside patient narratives from the 2016 Canadian Conference to Develop a Federal Framework on Lyme Disease to show that the tick has a more complex, symbiotic relationship to the Lyme disease sufferer. The tick, therefore, is not just a threat, but also is essential in…
Sociology (3 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Obesity and Health Practices (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Public health (2 works) · Public relations (2 works) · Rhetorical question (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Agency (philosophy (1 works)