Healing Rites of Passage: Salutogenesis in Serious Fun Camps - Paperback

by Peter James Kearney (Author)

This book examines the role of the 'fun camps' for children recovering from life-threatening illnesses, exploring how the camp experience helps to bring about healing by employing central concepts from sociology and anthropology, such as 'liminality', 'mimesis' and 'salutogenesis'.

Author Biography

Peter James Kearney is Emeritus Professor of Paediatrics and Occasional Lecturer in Sociology at University College Cork, Ireland.