Visual mediation of critical illness: an autobiographical account of nearly dying and nearly living.
This article is concerned with the portrayal of the impact of critical illness on the author's life. An autobiographical approach is used to illustrate how imagery mediates personal trauma. A personal journey over a four-year period, from the onset of illness towards recovery, is portrayed in the fo...
| Publicado en: | Visual Studies Vol. 22; no. 2; pp. 185 - 200 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Sep2007
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