Haunting and the ghostly matters of undefined illness

The concept of haunting has become common parlance in the humanities and social sciences (Derrida, 1994; Gordon, [1997]2008; Gunn, 2006; Rosenberg, 2010; Roseneil, 2009; Saltmarsh, 2009). What I find curious, and ultimately take up in this article, is the near-virtual absence of the concept of haunting within critical studies on health, illness and the body. Following the work of cultural theorist Avery Gordon [1997]2008, I question what can be...