This book presents a literary and linguistic reading of obsessive-compulsive disorder to argue that medical understandings of disability need their social, political, literary and linguistic counterparts, especially if we aspire to create a more inclusive, self-reflective society.
List of illustrations Preface Acknowledgements 1. OCD Inside Out: The Forging of Disorder 2. Recurrent Doubt: A Brief Story of OCD Through its Literary Texts 3. Just for Fun: The Misappropriation of OCD for Humor and the Role of Critical Disciplines in Claiming it Back 4. Someone Else's Words: OCD, Language and Discourse Power 5. Me and my OCD: Memoirs and the Challenges of Self Representation 6. Not 'Just' a Story: Literary Invention, Innovation, and OCD 7. Bioconcerns, OCD Fears, and Other Worrisome Things: Healing Through Narrative Bibliography Index
