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Performative public health in Fannie Hurst’s ‘T.B.’ (1915)
- Source: Short Fiction in Theory & Practice, Volume 12, Issue The Health of the Short Story: Part 2, Oct 2022, p. 169 - 183
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- 03 Jul 2021
- 20 Dec 2021
- 01 Oct 2022
Abstract
This article examines the performativity of public health warnings embedded in Fannie Hurst’s short story ‘T.B.’ (1915). The author outlines the manner in which Hurst uses the short form to reinforce her warnings about tuberculosis in New York in the early twentieth century. Particular focus is given to Hurst’s theatricality of style, engaging with the dramatic structure of the short form, the spectacle of illness and the political significance of embodiment. This is done within the context of reclaiming Hurst as a writer of importance both to the field of medical humanities and to the study of the short form.
Funding
- School of Critical Studies Strategic Research Support Fund (Award 20/21)
- University of Glasgow
- William Lauchlan Mann Memorial Prize Scholarship
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