Narratives of Health - Lecture Five

Question 1

Intersectionality

Answer 1

Disadvantages/opportunities caused by gender, race, status, class where many people are disadvantaged by multiple sources. It is often a negative thing

Question 2

Structural suffering

Answer 2

Any scenario in which a social structure perpetuates inequity

Question 3

Bhopal example

Answer 3

Structural suffering where local governments and business leaders are prepared to sacrifice the poor for economic investment

Question 4

Individual suffering defined through

Answer 4

Interpretive models of health

Question 5

Structural suffering defined through

Answer 5

Political economy approaches to health

Question 6

Ellis L. reading

Answer 6

Dwarfism

Question 7

Ellis L narrative outcome

Answer 7

Other people and society consider them to be disabled, but they don’t personally. Singling people out makes them feel worthless.
Pushing medicalisation where it isn’t needed.
Only disabled if you need assistance, other times are not disabled
Objectification creates an identity for dwarfs being less human

Question 8

Panopticon theory definition

Answer 8

The idea that power and knowledge comes from looking at others, and think that they are superior if they are looking down on others outside the norm (dwarfism)

Question 9

Disabilism theory

Answer 9

Theory that disabled people are worth less than others

Question 10

Visual culture theory

Answer 10

Where pleasure is sought by people with visual technology (e.g cameras taking photos of dwarves)

Question 11

Social model of disability

Answer 11

People are disabled by society not by their differences themselves