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Narratives of Narcolepsy in Everyday Life

Exploring Intricacies of Identity, Sleepiness, and Place

Nicole Eugene

Numerous movies, YouTube videos, books, and public service announcements have begun to address people with narcolepsy, and this discourse has led to greater visibility and understanding about an often-misunderstood condition. In Narratives of Narcolepsy in Everyday Life: Exploring Intricacies of Identity, Sleepiness, and Place, Nicole Eugene draws on in-depth interviews, participant observation, and field notes to examine life with narcolepsy, witha particular focus on how certain socially-defined places play significant roles in determining the meaning of sleepiness, medication side effects, and other narcolepsy symptoms. Eugene also includes one autoethnographic essay that explores her own experiences with narcolepsy as a Black woman, refracted through the lens of the various places where sleepiness may arise. Throughout the book, an emphasis on making sense of narcolepsy by communicating with others with the condition demonstrates a peer-based approach to researching health communication and disabilities. Drawing on feminist disability studies, health communication, narrative inquiry, and autoethnography, this book is an example of interpretive qualitative communication research that renders the lives of vulnerable people with compassion and understanding.

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Lexington Books
Pages: 194 • Trim: 6¼ x 9½
978-1-66691-318-7 • Hardback • October 2023 • $95.00 • (£73.00)
978-1-66691-319-4 • eBook • October 2023 • $45.00 • (£35.00)
Series: Lexington Studies in Health Communication
Subjects: Social Science / Disease & Health Issues, Language Arts & Disciplines / Communication Studies, Social Science / Race & Ethnic Relations

Nicole Eugene is assistant professor of communication at the University of Houston-Victoria.

Preface

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1: Exploring Communication About Narcolepsy

Chapter 2: An Autoethnography on Being Black and/or Sleepy in the Right & Wrong Places

Chapter 3: At Work with Narcolepsy

Chapter 4: At Home with Narcolepsy

Chapter 5: Driving with Narcolepsy

Chapter 6: Active with Narcolepsy

Chapter 7: Exchanging Stories of Hidden Disabilities

Appendix: Methods for Listening to Others and Crafting Narratives

References

About the Author

Nicole Eugene beautifully renders stories of narcolepsy in rich detail, deftly blended with thoughtful connections to disability theory and research. This gem of a book illuminates experiences of Eugene and her research participants in navigating complex embodiment in the face of stigma and misunderstanding, highlighting racialized and gendered aspects of hidden disability in public and private spaces. A must-read for health communication and disability communication scholars, as well as anyone interested in autoethnographic methods--I couldn't put it down!


— Laura Ellingson, Santa Clara University


Nicole Eugene offers a captivating and much-needed account of narcolepsy: its various meanings and manifestations, the ways one lives with it, and how others fail to understand it. Throughout, she offers intimate, intersecting insights about sleep, ability, and identity, and, with this work, will facilitate positive awareness about the condition.


— Tony Adams, Bradley University


Nicole Eugene skillfully weaves theory and personal narrative together to draw readers into the lived, embodied experience of narcolepsy. The rigorous, interdisciplinary, and accessible examination will appeal to established scholars and students across the social sciences and humanities invested in accessing the lived, embodied experience of invisible disability broadly, and narcolepsy specifically.


— Julie-Ann Scott-Pollock, University of North Carolina Wilmington


5/19/24, Victoria Advocate: The release of the book was highlighted in this newsletter.

Link: https://www.victoriaadvocate.com/news/faculty-member-explores-life-with-narcolepsy-in-new-book/article_f917e76c-1616-11ef-8c24-bbf7ef36508e.html



Narratives of Narcolepsy in Everyday Life

Exploring Intricacies of Identity, Sleepiness, and Place

Cover Image
Hardback
eBook
Summary
Summary
  • Numerous movies, YouTube videos, books, and public service announcements have begun to address people with narcolepsy, and this discourse has led to greater visibility and understanding about an often-misunderstood condition. In Narratives of Narcolepsy in Everyday Life: Exploring Intricacies of Identity, Sleepiness, and Place, Nicole Eugene draws on in-depth interviews, participant observation, and field notes to examine life with narcolepsy, witha particular focus on how certain socially-defined places play significant roles in determining the meaning of sleepiness, medication side effects, and other narcolepsy symptoms. Eugene also includes one autoethnographic essay that explores her own experiences with narcolepsy as a Black woman, refracted through the lens of the various places where sleepiness may arise. Throughout the book, an emphasis on making sense of narcolepsy by communicating with others with the condition demonstrates a peer-based approach to researching health communication and disabilities. Drawing on feminist disability studies, health communication, narrative inquiry, and autoethnography, this book is an example of interpretive qualitative communication research that renders the lives of vulnerable people with compassion and understanding.

Details
Details
  • Lexington Books
    Pages: 194 • Trim: 6¼ x 9½
    978-1-66691-318-7 • Hardback • October 2023 • $95.00 • (£73.00)
    978-1-66691-319-4 • eBook • October 2023 • $45.00 • (£35.00)
    Series: Lexington Studies in Health Communication
    Subjects: Social Science / Disease & Health Issues, Language Arts & Disciplines / Communication Studies, Social Science / Race & Ethnic Relations
Author
Author
  • Nicole Eugene is assistant professor of communication at the University of Houston-Victoria.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • Preface

    Acknowledgments

    Chapter 1: Exploring Communication About Narcolepsy

    Chapter 2: An Autoethnography on Being Black and/or Sleepy in the Right & Wrong Places

    Chapter 3: At Work with Narcolepsy

    Chapter 4: At Home with Narcolepsy

    Chapter 5: Driving with Narcolepsy

    Chapter 6: Active with Narcolepsy

    Chapter 7: Exchanging Stories of Hidden Disabilities

    Appendix: Methods for Listening to Others and Crafting Narratives

    References

    About the Author

Reviews
Reviews
  • Nicole Eugene beautifully renders stories of narcolepsy in rich detail, deftly blended with thoughtful connections to disability theory and research. This gem of a book illuminates experiences of Eugene and her research participants in navigating complex embodiment in the face of stigma and misunderstanding, highlighting racialized and gendered aspects of hidden disability in public and private spaces. A must-read for health communication and disability communication scholars, as well as anyone interested in autoethnographic methods--I couldn't put it down!


    — Laura Ellingson, Santa Clara University


    Nicole Eugene offers a captivating and much-needed account of narcolepsy: its various meanings and manifestations, the ways one lives with it, and how others fail to understand it. Throughout, she offers intimate, intersecting insights about sleep, ability, and identity, and, with this work, will facilitate positive awareness about the condition.


    — Tony Adams, Bradley University


    Nicole Eugene skillfully weaves theory and personal narrative together to draw readers into the lived, embodied experience of narcolepsy. The rigorous, interdisciplinary, and accessible examination will appeal to established scholars and students across the social sciences and humanities invested in accessing the lived, embodied experience of invisible disability broadly, and narcolepsy specifically.


    — Julie-Ann Scott-Pollock, University of North Carolina Wilmington


Features
Features
  • 5/19/24, Victoria Advocate: The release of the book was highlighted in this newsletter.

    Link: https://www.victoriaadvocate.com/news/faculty-member-explores-life-with-narcolepsy-in-new-book/article_f917e76c-1616-11ef-8c24-bbf7ef36508e.html



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