Illness as Many Narratives : : Arts, Medicine and Culture / / Stella Bolaki.

Explores the aesthetic, ethical and cultural importance of contemporary representations of illness across different arts and mediaIllness narratives have become a cultural phenomenon in the Western world but their analysis continues to be framed by the context of biomedicine, the doctor-patient enco...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
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Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
©2016
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (264 p.) :; 12 B/W illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction: Illness as Many Narratives
  • 1. Re-Covering Scarred Bodies: Reading Photography
  • 2. Artists' Books in the Medical Community
  • 3. Performance Medicine and Radical Pedagogy
  • 4. Collaborative Film as Terminal Care
  • 5. Messy Confrontations: Theatre and Expert Knowledge
  • 6. Animated Documentary and Mental Health
  • Afterword: #Illness
  • Bibliography
  • Index