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Peter James Kearney, Peter James (University College Cork Kearney

Healing Rites of Passage - Salutogenesis in Serious Fun Camps

English · Hardback

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Summary

This book examines the role of the ‘fun camps’ for children recovering from life-threatening illnesses, exploring how the camp experience helps to bring about healing by employing central concepts from sociology and anthropology, such as 'liminality', 'mimesis' and 'salutogenesis'.

Product details

Authors	Peter James Kearney, Peter James (University College Cork Kearney
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd.

Languages	English
Product format	Hardback
Released	17.10.2018

EAN	9780415791243
ISBN	978-0-415-79124-3
No. of pages	146
Series	The Social Pathologies of Contemporary Civilization
Subjects	Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, Social Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Illness & addiction: social aspects, Social and cultural anthropology, Medical Sociology, Health, illness and addiction: social aspects

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