Shane Neilson
Biographic Data
| ID | 6728523 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shane Neilson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Shane |
| FAMILY NAME | Neilson |
| SIGNATURE | NEILSON S |
| AFFILIATIONS | McMaster University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5732-5338 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Surplus Value and De-Alienation of Working-Class Literatures
Though working-class literatures poorly fit within the theoretical purview of contemporary literary studies, the absence of scholarship in the Canadian context is particularly acute. Neoliberal readings thrive at the expense of labour-focused readings, with the possible result of insulating against the desired change such readings wish to bring into being. Because Chris Pannell’s poetry is so focused on work, its representations and spiritual qua…
As ‘synapses’ become ‘protoplasmic kisses’
Understanding moral empathy
“Spoiled Identity” and “The Frozen Now”
With a constantly evolving and newly erupting menu of scandals over the period extending from 2015 to the present, a sense of crisis has been instilled in Canadian literature. Whither CanLit? These continually unfolding scandals have pushed some scholars to respond through various attempts at inventory-taking. This article asks: are the kinds of inventory-taking the field is conducting somehow paradoxically deleterious? Is shame as an affect a pr…
A logical development
Narrative Medicine as originated by Rita Charon began as an attempt to redress the unopposed biomedicalisation of the medical profession. Although the movement has been self-positioned as a corrective to deliver an ideal of care, it began within the rhetorical framework of biomedicine and not outside of it. Thus, Narrative Medicine justifies itself in biomedical terms, invoking instrumental rationales for its use. This seeming 'scientification' o…
A New Materialisms Poetics of Touch
Although often mentioned in summarial histories of “first” authors with autism, the work of the Canadian David Eastham has not been analyzed at the level of form to date. Using Melanie Yergeau’s scholarship challenging the ruling episteme of biomedicine when it comes to neurodivergence, this paper considers biographical elements of Eastham’s life to confirm biomedical primacy in the accounts made by others. Then Eastham’s own work undergoes forma…
Return of Thematic
This article will show that in Canadian literature, once problematized thematic criticism has retrenched itself as an interpretative thematics cohering under the sign of diversity (racial and sexual), anticolonialism, and anticapitalism. Theoretically guiding my critique are Frank Davey’s classic essay “Surviving the Paraphrase” and the early work of Terry Eagleton. My article resends a signal first sent by Russell Brown, who in 2001 argued“ that…
Song of Masking Myself, 46
Song of Masking Myself, 461 Shane Neilson (bio) Evoking the image of the beaked plague doctors of mediaeval Europe, Shane Neilson proposes that the wearing of masks in public always includes a measure of anxiety or even fear.2 Before COVID, I suffered six to seven minor colds a year. Since wearing surgical masks at work every day, I have never fallen ill. I feel shame, confessing health at such a time; but this shame is masked by an actual mask. …
Policies and procedures for patient transfers from community clinics to emergency departments under the mental health act
Alternate Universe of the Same Place
Jo-Anne Elder is a leading Canadian translator of Québécois and Acadian French poetry into English. Conducted by email and in person over the Spring and Summer of 2017, this interview uses Tony Tremblay’s ideas about intercultural work in New Brunswick as a frame to examine Elder’s work with French writers within and outside the province. Writers considered in the interview include Herménégilde Chiasson, Fred Cogswell, and Serge Patrice Thibodeau…
Pain as metaphor
Like many other disciplines, medicine often resorts to metaphor in order to explain complicated concepts that are imperfectly understood. But what happens when medicine's metaphors close off thinking, restricting interpretations and opinions to those of the negative kind? This paper considers the deleterious effects of destructive metaphors that cluster around pain. First, the metaphoric basis of all knowledge is introduced. Next, a particular su…
Pain as metaphor
Like many other disciplines, medicine often resorts to metaphor in order to explain complicated concepts that are imperfectly understood. But what happens when medicine's metaphors close off thinking, restricting interpretations and opinions to those of the negative kind? This paper considers the deleterious effects of destructive metaphors that cluster around pain. First, the metaphoric basis of all knowledge is introduced. Next, a particular su…
Pain as metaphor
Like many other disciplines, medicine often resorts to metaphor in order to explain complicated concepts that are imperfectly understood. But what happens when medicine's metaphors close off thinking, restricting interpretations and opinions to those of the negative kind? This paper considers the deleterious effects of destructive metaphors that cluster around pain. First, the metaphoric basis of all knowledge is introduced. Next, a particular su…
Alternate Universe of the Same Place
Jo-Anne Elder is a leading Canadian translator of Québécois and Acadian French poetry into English. Conducted by email and in person over the Spring and Summer of 2017, this interview uses Tony Tremblay’s ideas about intercultural work in New Brunswick as a frame to examine Elder’s work with French writers within and outside the province. Writers considered in the interview include Herménégilde Chiasson, Fred Cogswell, and Serge Patrice Thibodeau…
Policies and procedures for patient transfers from community clinics to emergency departments under the mental health act
A New Materialisms Poetics of Touch
Although often mentioned in summarial histories of “first” authors with autism, the work of the Canadian David Eastham has not been analyzed at the level of form to date. Using Melanie Yergeau’s scholarship challenging the ruling episteme of biomedicine when it comes to neurodivergence, this paper considers biographical elements of Eastham’s life to confirm biomedical primacy in the accounts made by others. Then Eastham’s own work undergoes forma…
Return of Thematic
This article will show that in Canadian literature, once problematized thematic criticism has retrenched itself as an interpretative thematics cohering under the sign of diversity (racial and sexual), anticolonialism, and anticapitalism. Theoretically guiding my critique are Frank Davey’s classic essay “Surviving the Paraphrase” and the early work of Terry Eagleton. My article resends a signal first sent by Russell Brown, who in 2001 argued“ that…
Song of Masking Myself, 46
Song of Masking Myself, 461 Shane Neilson (bio) Evoking the image of the beaked plague doctors of mediaeval Europe, Shane Neilson proposes that the wearing of masks in public always includes a measure of anxiety or even fear.2 Before COVID, I suffered six to seven minor colds a year. Since wearing surgical masks at work every day, I have never fallen ill. I feel shame, confessing health at such a time; but this shame is masked by an actual mask. …
Understanding moral empathy
“Spoiled Identity” and “The Frozen Now”
With a constantly evolving and newly erupting menu of scandals over the period extending from 2015 to the present, a sense of crisis has been instilled in Canadian literature. Whither CanLit? These continually unfolding scandals have pushed some scholars to respond through various attempts at inventory-taking. This article asks: are the kinds of inventory-taking the field is conducting somehow paradoxically deleterious? Is shame as an affect a pr…
A logical development
Narrative Medicine as originated by Rita Charon began as an attempt to redress the unopposed biomedicalisation of the medical profession. Although the movement has been self-positioned as a corrective to deliver an ideal of care, it began within the rhetorical framework of biomedicine and not outside of it. Thus, Narrative Medicine justifies itself in biomedical terms, invoking instrumental rationales for its use. This seeming 'scientification' o…
As ‘synapses’ become ‘protoplasmic kisses’
The Surplus Value and De-Alienation of Working-Class Literatures
Though working-class literatures poorly fit within the theoretical purview of contemporary literary studies, the absence of scholarship in the Canadian context is particularly acute. Neoliberal readings thrive at the expense of labour-focused readings, with the possible result of insulating against the desired change such readings wish to bring into being. Because Chris Pannell’s poetry is so focused on work, its representations and spiritual qua…
Sociology (6 works) · Empathy and Medical Education (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Aesthetics (4 works) · Linguistics (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Poetry (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works)