When was arts in health? : a history of the present

When was arts in health? : a history of the present / Frances Williams.

This book critically appraises the field of Arts in Health in the light of the recent public health crisis and so-called culture wars. A new term was coined in Britain in 2017 for this area of work by an All-Party Parliamentary Group: "creative health". Williams sets the hopeful assertion...

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Main Author: Williams, Frances (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Palgrave Macmillan, [2023]
Subjects:
Arts > Therapeutic use > Great Britain.
Medicine and art > Great Britain.
Arts > Therapeutic use
Medicine and art
Great Britain
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • Chapter 1: Who Calls Time?
  • Creative Health
  • Health Crisis, Culture War
  • Mysterious Origins
  • Wales and Northern England
  • Organisation of Chapters
  • Chapter 2: Dreamers, Sufferers, Builders
  • What's in a Name?
  • Socialist Values
  • Austerity Then and Now
  • Designs on Living
  • Low Morale, High Art
  • Chapter 3: Organisers, Survivors, Healers
  • Critiques of Medicine
  • Crosscurrents, Undercurrents
  • Weeds and Other Misfits
  • Victories and Defeats
  • Chapter 4: Missionaries, Parasites, Mitigators
  • Closures and Openings
  • A Declaration of Intent
  • The Stuff of Dreams
  • Culture Vultures
  • Deeper Cuts
  • Coda: Creative Health
  • Chapter 5: Temporalities
  • Chapter Summary
  • Analysis: The Long 90s?
  • Ground Lost
  • The (Mis)placing of the North
  • Workplace Settings
  • Implications for Future Research
  • References
  • Index

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