The Diffuse Aims of Modern Mental Illness Narratives

Illness Narrative and Writing Toward a ‘Deeper Self’

How does a woman tell the story of her own suffering from mental illness? When the very reality of that suffering arises out of sociocultural forces benefitting from the continued narrative of that suffering as particular, individual, and unique to her—or else unique to her gender?

This is part two of a serial, scholarly essay. You can read part one, “B…