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Materialities of Care

Encountering Health and Illness Through Artefacts and Architecture

Christina Buse Daryl Martin Sarah Nettleton (Sarah Nettleton is a senior lecturer in sociology at the University of York)

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English
Wiley-Blackwell
24 August 2018
Materialities of Care addresses the role of material culture within health and social care encounters, including everyday objects, dress, furniture and architecture.

Makes visible the mundane and often unnoticed aspects of material culture and attends to interrelations between materials and care in practice Examines material practice across a range of clinical and non-clinical spaces including hospitals, hospices, care homes, museums, domestic spaces and community spaces such as shops and tenement stairwells Addresses fleeting moments of care, as well as choreographed routines that order bodies and materials Focuses on practice and relations between materials and care as ongoing, emergent and processual International contributions from leading scholars draw attention to methodological approaches for capturing the material and sensory aspects of health and social care encounters
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Imprint:   Wiley-Blackwell
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 229mm,  Width: 152mm,  Spine: 10mm
Weight:   272g
ISBN:   9781119499732
ISBN 10:   1119499739
Series:   Sociology of Health and Illness Monographs
Pages:   168
Publication Date:  
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Christina Buse is a Lecturer in Sociology and Social Psychology at the University of York, UK. Her research interests include embodiment, ageing, dementia, material culture and design. Recent research includes the Dementia and Dress project with Julia Twigg, and the Buildings in the Making project with Sarah Nettleton, Daryl Martin and colleagues. Daryl Martin is a Lecturer in Sociology at the University of York, UK. His research interests are primarily located in the intersections of architecture, embodiment and health. Recent research includes a project on the use of architecture in Maggie's Centres, an organisation which supports those with cancer, their families and friends. Sarah Nettleton is Professor of Sociology at the University of York, UK. Her research interests include embodiment, health and sleep, the construction of medical knowledge and medical practice, and most recently the sociology of architecture in the context of health and social care.

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