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Culture and Health : A Wider Horizon
(Department of Literature, History of Ideas, and Religion, University of Gothenburg, 2015) Sigurdson, Ola; Priebe, Gunilla; Sager, Morten; Bernhardsson, Katarina; Brodén, Daniel; Sigurdson, Ola; Centre for Culture and Health, University of Gothenburg
What is Culture and Health? Culture and Health: A Wider Horizon introduces this highly topical field of enquiry from a broad, multidisciplinary perspective. The book addresses fundamental issues including:What do the terms ‘culture’ and ‘health’ actually mean? How has the field emerged in Sweden? How can we research Culture and Health? Can we avoid an instrumentalisation of art – and should we? Culture and Health: A Wider Perspective also provides a detailed introduction to two central, international research directions: ‘arts and health’ and the ‘medical humanities’. As well, the book sketches the diversity of research perspectives in the field at the University of Gothenburg. Culture and Health: A Wider Perspective is at once an accessible and in-depth introduction to the field with many approaches. Directed at researchers, students, policymakers and practitioners, the book is an important resource for future study and practical work.