Marsha Macdowell, Clare Luz, Beth Donaldson

Quilts and Health

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Produktbeschreibung

Marsha MacDowell is Professor of Art, Art History, and Design at Michigan State University, Curator of Folk Arts at the Michigan State University Museum, and Director of the Quilt Index (www.quiltindex.org). She has authored many publications on traditional material culture and quiltmaking, including Quilts and Human Rights and Ubuntutu. Clare Luz is Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at Michigan State University. She is a gerontologist whose research focuses on quality of life for vulnerable older adults, long-term care health services, and the intersection of health, creativity, and the arts. Beth Donaldson is Digital Humanities Project Asset Coordinator at the Michigan State University Museum and Coordinator of the Quilt Index. She is a quilt maker and coauthor of Quilts and Human Rights, among other publications on quilts.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Januar 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 282mm x 224mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 1179g
• ISBN-13: 9780253032263
• ISBN-10: 0253032261
• Artikelnr.: 48250526

Autorenporträt

Marsha MacDowell, Clare Luz, and Beth Donaldson

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Evidence of the Impact of Quilts and Quiltmaking on Health and
Healthcare Outcomes
2. The Art of Health-related Quiltmaking
3. Individual Experiences of Health and Wellbeing through Quiltmaking
4. Public and Collective Quiltmaking for Health and Wellbeing
5. Quilts in Healing Environments and Clinical Care
6. Conclusion
Afterword
Appendix A: Guide to Whatever It Takes: An Ovarian Cancer Diary
Appendix B: Quilt Makers and Quilt Recipients
Bibliography
Index