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dc.contributor.authorOffersen, Sara Marie Hebsgaard
dc.contributor.authorRisør, Mette Bech
dc.contributor.authorVedsted, Peter
dc.contributor.authorAndersen, Rikke Sand
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-08T11:00:44Z
dc.date.available2022-04-08T11:00:44Z
dc.date.issued2016-04-21
dc.description.abstractWoven into the fabric of human existence is the possibility of death and suffering from disease. This essential vulnerability calls forth processes of meaning making, of grappling with uncertainty and morality. In this article we explore the uncertainty and ambiguity that exists in the space between bodily sensations and symptoms of illness. Bodily sensations have the potential to become symptoms of disease or to be absorbed into ordinariness, prompting the question: how do we ascribe meaning to sensations? In the context of middle-class everyday life in Denmark, we show how different potentialities of ambiguous sensations are weighed against each other on a culturally and morally contingent continuum between normal and not normal, uncovering the complex interplay between the body, everyday life, and pervasive biomedical discourses focusing on health promotion, symptom awareness, and care seeking.en_US
dc.identifier.citationOffersen, Risør MB, Vedsted P, Andersen RS. Am I fine? Exploring everyday life ambiguities and potentialities of embodied sensations in a Danish middle-class community. Medicine Anthropology Theory. 2016;3(3):23-45en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1412378
dc.identifier.doi10.17157/mat.3.3.392
dc.identifier.issn2405-691X
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/24735
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherEdinburgh Centre for Medical Anthropologyen_US
dc.relation.journalMedicine Anthropology Theory
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2016 The Author(s)en_US
dc.titleAm I fine? Exploring everyday life ambiguities and potentialities of embodied sensations in a Danish middle-class communityen_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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