Illness as many narratives : arts, medicine and culture / [electronic resource]
Bolaki, Stella,author.
Provides an understanding of the complex contribution illness narratives make to contemporary culture and the emergent field of Critical Medical Humanities.
Specialized.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Specialized.
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Aug 2016).
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.
Provides an understanding of the complex contribution illness narratives make to contemporary culture and the emergent field of Critical Medical Humanities.
Diseases in literature.
Diseases in art.
Diseases and literature.
Literature and society.