When Was Arts in Health?

A History of the Present

Frances Williams

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English

Palgrave Macmillan
20 March 2023

The Arts: General & Reference; Illness & addiction: social aspects; Medical sociology; Business applications

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 this hopeful assertion against a darker backdrop of austerity, rising inequality and “Covid-nationalism”. Understandings of the field as a (multi)national phenomenon are examined through contested narratives that surround its origin. Using genealogical methods, Williams shows how at supra, national and local policy levels, Arts in Health is presented as an idea that transcends place and time. Arguing against this premise, post-war decades are examined to reveal hidden, mutable arts-health expressions. Examples of practice, and their recognition as such, are context dependent it is concluded – produced by political economies as well as oppositional social movements.

By: Frances Williams
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Publication: Singapore
Edition: 1st ed. 2023
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 148mm,
Weight: 355g
ISBN: 9789811936166
ISBN 10: 9811936161
Pages: 154
Publication Date: 20 March 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Chapter 1/Introduction Title 2. Chapter 2 Title 2.1 Chapter 2 Subtitle 1 2.2 Chapter 2 Subtitle 2 3. Conclusion/Chapter 3 Title 3.1 Chapter 3 Subtitle

Dr Frances Williams gained a doctoral scholarship at Manchester Metropolitan University where she studied Arts in Health in relation to devolution (2016-2019). She brings long experience of working in this field as education manager and curator, teaching MA (Arts in Health) at Glyndwr University where she is Honorary Research Fellow.