Performance and cure : : drama and healing in ancient Greece and contemporary America / / Karelisa V. Hartigan.

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Superior document:Classical inter/faces series
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Place / Publishing House:London : : Duckworth,, 2009.
Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
Series:Classical inter/faces.
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Physical Description:1 online resource (139 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • I. Drama and Healing in Contemporary Medicine
  • Relationship Between Mind and Body
  • Art and Medicine
  • II. Drama and Healing in Ancient Greece
  • Cult of Asklepios
  • The God
  • The Process
  • The Evidence
  • The Sanctuaries
  • Epidauros
  • Other Major Healing Sites
  • Regional Sites
  • Local Sites
  • Pausanias and Asklepios
  • Athens
  • III. Drama and Healing in the Contemporary American Hospital
  • Case Study: Shands Hospital at the University of Florida
  • IV. Asklepios Beyond the Classical World
  • Asklepios and Jesus
  • Healing Saints of the Greek Orthodox Church
  • V. Conclusion and Epilogue.