{"product_id":"the-routledge-companion-to-performance-and-medicine-paperback","title":"The Routledge Companion to Performance and Medicine - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGianna Bouchard\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eAlex Mermikides\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Routledge Companion to Performance and Medicine\u003c\/i\u003e addresses the proliferation of practices that bridge performance and medicine in the contemporary moment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe scope of this book's broad range of chapters includes medicine and illness as the subject of drama and plays; the performativity of illness and the medical encounter; the roles and choreographies of the clinic; the use of theatrical techniques, such as simulation and role-play, in medical training; and modes of performance engaged in public health campaigns, health education projects and health-related activism. The book encompasses some of these diverse practices and discourses that emerge at the interface between medicine and performance, with a particular emphasis on practices of performance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection is a vital reference resource for scholars of contemporary performance; medical humanities; and the variety of interdisciplinary fields and debates around performance, medicine, health and their overlapping collaborations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 18 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http: \/\/www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY 4.0 license.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGianna Bouchard\u003c\/b\u003e is Head of the Department of Drama and Theatre Arts at the University of Birmingham, UK.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlex Mermikides\u003c\/b\u003e is D'Oyly Carte Senior Lecturer in Arts and Health at King's College London, UK.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 484\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.02 x 9.69 x 6.85 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 27, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67688842657894,"sku":"9780367477769","price":126.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/vyGuHwSAXG9780367477769.webp?v=1791780683","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-routledge-companion-to-performance-and-medicine-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}