Journal article
Performing health in place: The holy well as a therapeutic assemblage
Abstract
This paper examines the holy well as a representative therapeutic landscape with a particular focus on linking a traditional setting with contemporary theory associated with the 'performative turn'. This is developed within the paper to suggest a new theoretical model of the 'therapeutic assemblage' containing material, metaphoric and inhabited dimensions. Drawing empirical evidence from Irish holy wells, complex holistic performances of health …
Authors
Foley R
Journal
Health & Place, Vol. 17, No. 2, pp. 470–479
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
3 2011
DOI
10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.11.014
ISSN
1353-8292