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Illness as many narratives : arts, medicine and culture / Stella Bolaki.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bolaki, Stella, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Diseases in literature.
- Diseases in art.
- Diseases and literature.
- Literature and society.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vii, 255 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2016.
- Summary:
- Provides an understanding of the complex contribution illness narratives make to contemporary culture and the emergent field of Critical Medical Humanities.
- Contents:
- Introduction: illness as many narratives
- Re-covering scarred bodies: reading photography
- Artists' books in the medical community
- Performance medicine and radical pedagogy
- Collaborative film as terminal care
- Messy confrontations: theatre and expert knowledge
- Animated documentary and mental health
- Afterword: #illness.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Aug 2016).
- ISBN:
- 1-4744-1859-7
- 1-4744-1151-7
- 1-4744-0243-7
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