I’m excited to announce that my book has been published and is for sale. It
was published in Lexington Book’s series on Health
Communication. Disability researchers and educators interested of exploring
the intersection of hidden disability, place, and race may be interested in
checking it out.
About the book:
Numerous movies, YouTube videos, books, and public service announcements
have begun to address people with narcolepsy, and this discourse has led to
greater visibility and understanding about an often-misunderstood
condition. In Narratives of Narcolepsy in Everyday Life: Exploring
Intricacies of Identity, Sleepiness, and Place, Nicole Eugene draws on
in-depth interviews, participant observation, and field notes to examine
life with narcolepsy, with a particular focus on how certain
socially-defined places play significant roles in determining the meaning
of sleepiness, medication side effects, and other narcolepsy symptoms.
Eugene also includes one autoethnographic essay that explores her own
experiences with narcolepsy as a Black woman, refracted through the lens of
the various places where sleepiness may arise. Throughout the book, an
emphasis on making sense of narcolepsy by communicating with others with
the condition demonstrates a peer-based approach to researching health
communication and disabilities. Drawing on feminist disability studies,
health communication, narrative inquiry, and autoethnography, this book is
an example of interpretive qualitative communication research that renders
the lives of vulnerable people with compassion and understanding.
A Peek at Reviews:
“Nicole Eugene skillfully weaves theory and personal narrative together to
draw readers into the lived, embodied experience of narcolepsy. The
rigorous, interdisciplinary, and accessible examination will appeal to
established scholars and students across the social sciences and humanities
invested in accessing the lived, embodied experience of invisible
disability broadly, and narcolepsy specifically.” — Julie-Ann
Scott-Pollock, University of North Carolina Wilmington
You or can get 30% off if you buy from the R&L website, by using the code
LXFANDF30.
https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781666913187/Narratives-of-Narcolepsy-in-Everyday-Life-Exploring-Intricacies-of-Identity-Sleepiness-and-Place
Thanks,
Nicole Eugene, PhD
Assistant Professor of Communication
School of Arts & Sciences
University of Houston-Victoria
3007 N. Ben Wilson
Victoria, TX 77901
O: 361-570-4278
EugeneN@uhv.edu
www.NicoleEugene.com
I’m excited to announce that my book has been published and is for sale. It
was published in Lexington Book’s series on Health
Communication. Disability researchers and educators interested of exploring
the intersection of hidden disability, place, and race may be interested in
checking it out.
About the book:
Numerous movies, YouTube videos, books, and public service announcements
have begun to address people with narcolepsy, and this discourse has led to
greater visibility and understanding about an often-misunderstood
condition. In *Narratives of Narcolepsy in Everyday Life: Exploring
Intricacies of Identity, Sleepiness, and Place*, Nicole Eugene draws on
in-depth interviews, participant observation, and field notes to examine
life with narcolepsy, with a particular focus on how certain
socially-defined places play significant roles in determining the meaning
of sleepiness, medication side effects, and other narcolepsy symptoms.
Eugene also includes one autoethnographic essay that explores her own
experiences with narcolepsy as a Black woman, refracted through the lens of
the various places where sleepiness may arise. Throughout the book, an
emphasis on making sense of narcolepsy by communicating with others with
the condition demonstrates a peer-based approach to researching health
communication and disabilities. Drawing on feminist disability studies,
health communication, narrative inquiry, and autoethnography, this book is
an example of interpretive qualitative communication research that renders
the lives of vulnerable people with compassion and understanding.
A Peek at Reviews:
“Nicole Eugene skillfully weaves theory and personal narrative together to
draw readers into the lived, embodied experience of narcolepsy. The
rigorous, interdisciplinary, and accessible examination will appeal to
established scholars and students across the social sciences and humanities
invested in accessing the lived, embodied experience of invisible
disability broadly, and narcolepsy specifically.” *— Julie-Ann
Scott-Pollock, University of North Carolina Wilmington*
You or can get 30% off if you buy from the R&L website, by using the code
LXFANDF30.
https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781666913187/Narratives-of-Narcolepsy-in-Everyday-Life-Exploring-Intricacies-of-Identity-Sleepiness-and-Place
Thanks,
Nicole Eugene, PhD
Assistant Professor of Communication
School of Arts & Sciences
University of Houston-Victoria
3007 N. Ben Wilson
Victoria, TX 77901
O: 361-570-4278
EugeneN@uhv.edu
www.NicoleEugene.com