Healing Waters: Therapeutic Landscapes in Historic and Contemporary Ireland – FULL INSTANT DOWNLOAD | PDF DOCX EPUB

Name: Healing Waters: Therapeutic Landscapes in Historic and Contemporary Ireland
ISBN-13: 9780754676522
ISBN-10: 0754676528
Addition ISBN: 1409488624, 9781409488620
Author(s): Foley, Ronan, Dr, Publisher: Routledge

Bringing together a range of different place-studies, including holy wells, spa towns, Turkish baths and sweat-houses, sea-bathing and the modern spa, this book investigates associations between water, health, place and culture in Ireland. It is informed by a humanistic approach, showing how health and place are socially and culturally constructed and how health is embodied, experienced and enacted in place. In addition, the work argues that an understanding of health and place must also consider the historical, societal and cultural orthodoxies that shape and produce those places.