Outsider Art and Art Therapy
eBook - ePub

Outsider Art and Art Therapy

Shared Histories, Current Issues, and Future Identities

  1. 208 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Outsider Art and Art Therapy

Shared Histories, Current Issues, and Future Identities

About this book

Outsider art, traditionally the work of psychiatric patients, offenders and minority groups, and art therapy have shared histories of art created in psychiatric care. As the two fields grow, this book reveals the current issues faced by both disciplines and traces their shared histories to help them build clearer and more coherent identities.

More often than not, the history of art therapy has been tied to psychological and psychiatric roots, which has led to problems in defining the field and forced boundaries between what is considered 'art' and what is considered 'art therapy'. Similarly, the name and identity of outsider art is constantly debated. By viewing art therapy and outsider art through their shared histories, this book helps to alleviate the challenges and issues of definition faced by the fields today.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Contents
  4. List of Images
  5. Color Plates
  6. Preface
  7. Introduction
  8. 1. Shared Histories in Mental Health
  9. 2. Shared Histories in Art
  10. 3. Contemporary Issues of Definition and Terminology: Art Therapy
  11. 4. Contemporary Issues of Definition and Terminology: Outside Therapy
  12. 5. Continuums of Meaning
  13. References
  14. Subject Index
  15. Author Index
  16. Join Our Mailing List
  17. Dedication
  18. Copyright
  19. Of Related Interest