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Reviewer Needed: ‘Reimagining Global Health: An introduction’ (2013) by Paul Farmer et al
With the view to posting a special edition of the medical humanities in global health, expressions of interest are welcome to review ‘Reimagining global health’. The book has been pieced together by some of the most high profile and courageous academics … Continue reading
Reviewer needed: ‘The anthropology of alternative medicine’ (2012) by Annamaria Iosif Ross
‘Alternative medicine is not a fashionable new trend but an established cultural strategy, as well as a dynamic feature of mainstream contemporary medicine, in which elements of folk traditions are often blended with Western scientific approaches. The anthropology of alternative … Continue reading
The Cultural History of Exhaustion – Review
This review of the Exhaustion conference appeared on the fantastic Sleep Cultures blog: “On 25 October 2013, the University of Kent hosted a one-day interdisciplinary conference on exhaustion, organized by Anna Katharina Schaffner (Comparative Literature, Kent) and funded by the … Continue reading
The Mental Health Recovery Archive, The Wellcome Trust – review of its ‘soft launch’ (9 December 2013)
Roz Oates, a doctoral student in Durham’s Centre for Medical Humanities and Department of Geography, who is also part of the Hearing the Voice research team, writes: The Mental Health Recovery Archive at the Wellcome Trust On Monday 9 December, … Continue reading
New book available for review: ‘Frissure’ by Kathleen Jamie and Brigid Collins
Frissure: A collaborative work between Kathleen Jamie and Brigid Collins ‘This is a book about seeing and being seen; about looking at being looked at. It is an intimate book, where the private process of looking and seeing passes from … Continue reading
Film review: Fill the void
Directed by Rama Burshtein, Fill the void (2012) offers a striking and dramatic insight into a haredi Jewish family in Israel, a way of life that is often poorly understood and unfairly represented. It charts the tragic death of a … Continue reading
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Justice, Genes and Welfare: Are Intergenerational relationships toxic?
Francis Thirlway reports on the BSA Family Studies Group and Youth Studies Group Seminar “Justice, Genes and Welfare: Are Intergenerational relationships toxic?” (28 Nov 2013): Intergenerational relations increasingly seem to be called into question in contemporary society, highlighted as centrally … Continue reading
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Tagged #critMH, anthropology, conference, genes, intergenerational relations, poverty, review, social justice, work, worklessness
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New book available for review: ‘Saving face: Enfacement, shame, theology’ by Stephen Pattison
We have an exciting new book fresh off the press from Ashgate available for review: ‘Saving face: Enfacement, shame, theology’ by Stephen Pattison (University of Birmingham). The publishers describe the book as follows: “Faces are all around us and fundamentally … Continue reading
New Book Available for Review: ‘The Metamorphoses of Fat: A History of Obesity’ by Georges Vigarello
We have a new book from Columbia University Press available for review: The Metamorphoses of Fat: A History of Obesity by Georges Vigarello. The publishers describe the book as follows: “Georges Vigarello maps the evolution of Western ideas about fat … Continue reading
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Tagged bodies, Fat Studies, health humanities, history of ideas, history of medicine, medical humanities, obesity
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Critical Medical Humanities Symposium – Review by Avishek Parui
The first international Critical Medical Humanities Symposium was held on November 4 and 5 at Durham University. In the second of two reviews, Avishek Parui, recent PhD graduate in English Studies, writes: The Critical Medical Humanities Symposium at Durham University … Continue reading
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