Identifier
etd-01172017-104342
Degree
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
Communication Studies
Document Type
Dissertation
Abstract
This study turns to the annual Burning Man Festival held in Black Rock City, Nevada as a site of cultural performance where participants negotiate health meanings. I adopt a culture-centered approach to health communication and utilize critical performance ethnography and narrative performativity as methodological and theoretical frameworks to investigate the specific communication practices that bring about health meanings at the festival. Analysis revealed the significance of everyday life practices performed through narrative for understanding how Burning Man participants understand, reinforce, and counter various health meanings with implications for the field of health communication and performance studies.
Date
2016
Document Availability at the Time of Submission
Release the entire work immediately for access worldwide.
Recommended Citation
Polanco, Raquel Irene, "Necessary Medicine: Rethinking Health Communication at Burning Man" (2016). LSU Doctoral Dissertations. 4457.
https://repository.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations/4457
Committee Chair
Shaffer, Tracy Stephenson
DOI
10.31390/gradschool_dissertations.4457