Performative Embodiment and Unraveling Grandparent–Grandchild Relationships

This article seeks to intertwine women’s embodied experiences of wartime, dancing, and chronic illness. The author introduces “Granny” through the unraveling rhythms of grandparent–grandchild relationships. Through narrative poems, the author shares Granny’s dramatic stories of World War II. Bodies...

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Published in:Qualitative inquiry 2015-06, Vol.21 (5), p.426-435
Main Author: Owton, Helen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Embodiment
Grandparents
Illness
Intergenerational relationships
Narratives
Poetry
Qualitative research
War
Women
World War II
World War Two
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Summary:This article seeks to intertwine women’s embodied experiences of wartime, dancing, and chronic illness. The author introduces “Granny” through the unraveling rhythms of grandparent–grandchild relationships. Through narrative poems, the author shares Granny’s dramatic stories of World War II. Bodies are socially and historically located, which therefore illuminates the ways in which her past is sedimented into her body and provides an understanding into the multi-layered ways her wartime, her performing bodily experiences, and asthma, encompass the past, the present, and the anticipated future. The author reflects on how some of these stories echo the breathless battle weary heroes referred to by Homer in the Illiad, which is where asthma can be traced back to.
ISSN:1077-8004
1552-7565
DOI:10.1177/1077800414566684