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Dissertation
Secret Forces: An Exploration of Theoretical Advanced Therapy Prospects in the Treatment of Spinal Cord Injury in a Military Suspense Romance Novel Dealing with Disability
University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Doctor of Philosophy, University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
2020
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.25907/00419
Abstract
I investigate in my PhD thesis how a man living with a spinal cord injury (SCI) can be portrayed in a well-researched approach by applying medical and scientific accuracy in a genre novel that typically uses stereotypes and clichéd portrayals of such characters. For this, I have developed a creative artefact featuring a military veteran who sustained an SCI in which I explore the lived experience of disability. In writing about a person who has sustained an SCI, my main focus is on the informed portrayal of a character with a disability in a military suspense romance. This focus further allows me to investigate this type of disability in greater detail in which I am aiming to increase verisimilitude to the main character and the plot in the artefact. My further aim is to create a deeper understanding of such an injury and to evoke empathy and connection to a main character who presents with an SCI. I additionally explore speculative advance therapy concepts in SCI in my creative artefact by investigating how science may contribute to improve the socio-economic, personal and medical outcomes portrayed in the artefact through my main character living with an SCI by combining existing SCI therapy approaches on a speculative level.
Details
- Title
- Secret Forces: An Exploration of Theoretical Advanced Therapy Prospects in the Treatment of Spinal Cord Injury in a Military Suspense Romance Novel Dealing with Disability
- Authors
- Marita Heck
- Contributors
- Paul Williams (Supervisor) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Creative Industries - Legacy
- Awarding institution
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Degree awarded
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Publisher
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- DOI
- 10.25907/00419
- Organisation Unit
- School of Business and Creative Industries; Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Creative Industries - Legacy; Sustainability Research Cluster
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99476808902621
- Output Type
- Dissertation
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