Festum Asinorum
A Trickster at Play
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2385246 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas S Frentz (University of Arkansas) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 742-766 |
| Publication date | 2008-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Qualitative Inquiry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1077-8004 • E-ISSN: 1552-7565 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1077800408318282 |
| OpenAlex | W2009160433 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 1 |
In January 2000, I was diagnosed with cancer. This story tells of my relationships with the medical professionals who treated me. Like Arthur Frank, my goal was to receive the treatment I needed without sacrificing the humanity I valued. Being socialized by my father's self-destructive wolfish approach to authority, I struggle to overcome those tendencies with medical practitioners and to replace them with a more benign canine-the humor-laced, rule-violating, coyote/trickster of ancient mythology, a persona that challenges dehumanizing institutional structures but not always the people who uphold them. This then is a tale of my emerging trickster as I negotiate my treatment options as a cancer patient
Aesthetics · Art · Dehumanization · Humanities · Humanity · Literature · Mythology · Negotiation · Persona · Psychoanalysis · Social science · Sociology · Theology · Trickster · Anthropology · Empathy and Medical Education · Philosophy · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,14 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2018 (7) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |