Glow day
A trans-corporeal performance autoethnography of radioactive isolation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 24237808 |
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| Authors | Alison Fisher Bodkin (0000-0003-3593-2759, James Madison University) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Pages | 1-15 |
| Publication date | 2026-10-20 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Text and Performance Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1046-2937 • E-ISSN: 1479-5760 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10462937.2026.2748279 |
| OpenAlex | W7223039973 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 17 |
This performance autoethnography traces a week of medically mandated nuclear isolation following iodine-131 treatment for thyroid cancer. Reclassified as an “unsealed source,” I was sent home to contain myself, my bedroom a hot cell. The week makes literal Alaimo's trans-corporeality — the body porous, continuous with its environment — which nuclear medicine treats as a hazard, severing relation itself: touch, shared air, water, space. Care travels through walls and screens. Drawing on the treatment's paper trail, the essay asks who can afford to be untouchable — from a house with a spare bathroom, on behalf of those the protocol never pictures.
Embodiment · performance autoethnography · transcorporeality · Arts and Performance Studies · Autobiographical and Biographical Writing · Posthumanist Ethics and Activism
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| Highly cited | No |
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