A white book with a purple spine. The title of the book is Architectures of Healing.
A white book with a purple spine. The title of the book is Architectures of Healing.
Kyklàda.press

Architectures of healing: cure through sleep, touch, and travel

£12.00

Are there alternative methods of healing many of today's modern illnesses? By looking at sources as varying as ancient healing temples, Byzantine hospitals and contemporary pilgrimages to Lesbos, Architectures of Healing investigates new and old practices to the persistent maladies of life. Writers in this collection of essays explore historical and contemporary approaches to insomnia, untouchability, the aftermath of war and the fatigue of work.  

Kyklàda.press is a small imprint, a series of books engaging with phenomena in the Aegean Archipelago. Books in the series explore the contrasts  urban in relation to the island, we imagine time and duration together with the archipelago, the beach as a machine, we think the body when writing about migration. 

Kyklàda.press, 2021
Softcover, 96 pp 
10.2cm x 16.2cm
English 
ISBN: 9789464202854 

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Kyklàda.press is a small imprint, a series of books engaging with phenomena in the Aegean Archipelago. Books in the series explore the contrasts urban in relation to the island, we imagine time and duration together with the archipelago, the beach as a machine, we think the body when writing about migration.

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As with all purchases, liability of the item is the responsibility of the customer after the point of purchase. If you would like us to send you your order in the post, please read the below conditions carefully.

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