Liontas Annie
Liontas Annie - Sex With A Brain Injury On Concussion And Recovery - Hardcover
Liontas Annie - Sex With A Brain Injury On Concussion And Recovery - Hardcover
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Description: " This is an infuriatingly gorgeous important book and Liontas is a singular writer. Carmen Maria Machado author of Her Body and Other Parties Sex With a Brain Injury is a rhythmic genre - bender: Maggie Nelson meets concussion; Olivia Laing of the walking wounded. Annie Liontas writes like an alchemist braiding humor humanity and history into the personal narrative of her injuries and healing. I loved this book. Melissa Broder author of Death Valley For readers of Meghan O Rourke's The Invisible Kingdom Esm Weijun Wang's The Collected Schizophrenias and Melissa Febos's Girlhood a powerful and deeply personal memoir in essays that sheds light on the silent epidemic of head trauma. Annie Liontas suffered multiple concussions in her thirties. In Sex with a Brain Injury she writes about what it means to be one of the walking wounded facing her fear her rage her physical suffering and the effects of head trauma on her marriage and other relationships. Forced to reckon with her own queer mother's battle with addiction Liontas finds echoes in their pain. Liontas weaves history philosophy and personal accounts to interrogate and expand representations of mental health ability and disability particularly in relation to women and the LGBT community. She uncovers the surprising legacy of brain injury examining its role in culture the criminal justice system and through historical figures like Henry VIII and Harriet Tubman. Encountering Liontas's sharp affecting prose the reader can imagine this kind of pain and having to claw one's way back to a new normal. The hidden gift of injury Liontas writes is the ability to connect with others. For the millions of people who have suffered from concussions and for those who have endeavored to support loved ones through the painful and often baffling experience of head trauma this astonishing and compassionate narrative offers insight and hope in equal measure.
Title: Sex With A Brain Injury On Concussion And Recovery
Author(s): Liontas Annie
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Barcode: 9781668015544
Pages: 304 Pages
Publication Date: 1/16/2024
Category: Gender Studies, Gender Groups
Description: " This is an infuriatingly gorgeous important book and Liontas is a singular writer. Carmen Maria Machado author of Her Body and Other Parties Sex With a Brain Injury is a rhythmic genre - bender: Maggie Nelson meets concussion; Olivia Laing of the walking wounded. Annie Liontas writes like an alchemist braiding humor humanity and history into the personal narrative of her injuries and healing. I loved this book. Melissa Broder author of Death Valley For readers of Meghan O Rourke's The Invisible Kingdom Esm Weijun Wang's The Collected Schizophrenias and Melissa Febos's Girlhood a powerful and deeply personal memoir in essays that sheds light on the silent epidemic of head trauma. Annie Liontas suffered multiple concussions in her thirties. In Sex with a Brain Injury she writes about what it means to be one of the walking wounded facing her fear her rage her physical suffering and the effects of head trauma on her marriage and other relationships. Forced to reckon with her own queer mother's battle with addiction Liontas finds echoes in their pain. Liontas weaves history philosophy and personal accounts to interrogate and expand representations of mental health ability and disability particularly in relation to women and the LGBT community. She uncovers the surprising legacy of brain injury examining its role in culture the criminal justice system and through historical figures like Henry VIII and Harriet Tubman. Encountering Liontas's sharp affecting prose the reader can imagine this kind of pain and having to claw one's way back to a new normal. The hidden gift of injury Liontas writes is the ability to connect with others. For the millions of people who have suffered from concussions and for those who have endeavored to support loved ones through the painful and often baffling experience of head trauma this astonishing and compassionate narrative offers insight and hope in equal measure.
Title: Sex With A Brain Injury On Concussion And Recovery
Author(s): Liontas Annie
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Barcode: 9781668015544
Pages: 304 Pages
Publication Date: 1/16/2024
Category: Gender Studies, Gender Groups
