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1 online resource (260 pages) : illustrations |
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| Summary |
Pain. Vomiting. Hours and days spent lying in the dark. Migraine is an extraordinarily common, disabling, and painful disorder that affects over 36 million Americans and costs the US economy at least 32 billion per year. Nevertheless, it is frequently dismissed, ignored, and delegitimized. In Not Tonight, Joanna Kempner argues that this general dismissal of migraine can be traced back to the gendered social values embedded in the way we talk about, understand, and make policies for people in pain. Because the symptoms that accompany headache disorders-like head pain, visual auras, and sensitivi. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
All in her mind -- All in her brain -- Embracing the migraine brain -- Gendering the migraine market -- Men in pain -- Conclusion -- International classification of headache disorders -- Methods. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Migraine -- Social aspects.
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Migraine. |
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Social aspects. |
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Headache -- Social aspects.
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Headache. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Kempner, Joanna Leslie. Not tonight. Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2014 9780226179018 (DLC) 2014004075 (OCoLC)870147724 |
| ISBN |
9780226179292 (electronic book) |
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022617929X (electronic book) |
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9780226179018 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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022617901X (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780226179155 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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022617915X (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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