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UNINA9910463442703321 |
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Hartigan Karelisa |
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Titolo |
Performance and cure : drama and healing in ancient Greece and contemporary America / / Karelisa V. Hartigan |
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London, England : , : Bloomsbury, , [2009] |
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©2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-84966-772-1 |
1-84966-774-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xiv, 124 p.) |
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Collana |
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Classical inter/faces series |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Greek drama - History and criticism |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 113-119) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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I. Drama and Healing in Contemporary Medicine -- Relationship Between Mind and Body -- Art and Medicine -- II. Drama and Healing in Ancient Greece -- Cult of Asklepios -- The God -- The Process -- The Evidence -- The Sanctuaries -- Epidauros -- Other Major Healing Sites -- Regional Sites -- Local Sites -- Pausanias and Asklepios -- Athens -- III. Drama and Healing in the Contemporary American Hospital -- Case Study: Shands Hospital at the University of Florida -- IV. Asklepios Beyond the Classical World -- Asklepios and Jesus -- Healing Saints of the Greek Orthodox Church -- V. Conclusion and Epilogue. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Explores the role of drama in healing, from shrines of Asklepios in Ancient Greece to hospitals today. This book argues that a pageant which showed the enactment of the god healing prompted the dream therapy the patient experienced at the sanctuary. |
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