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Magic, Health and the Mediation of the Body’s Geography.
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Ingår i: Geographies of Communication. The Spatial Turn in Media Studies. - 9189471369
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This chapter examines some of the ways in which spas strive to offer their patrons a series of mass produced experiences that are framed in terms of personal wellness and serenity. In order to do this, the text begins by briefly examining the manner in which spas are organised as conceived spaces in their own promotional material. In the process, this material is placed in a historic context and illuminates the manner in which spas have mixed medical, magical, and spiritual influences in the name of health and leisure. Following this, the chapter then moves on to more specifically problematise some of the ways in which a few contemporary spas actually organise themselves materially and spatially, and impress themselves upon the bodies and senses of their guests. In this section, and throughout what follows, the text focuses upon the body and discusses the central role corporeal and sensual impressions play in making sense of the world around us.
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Meditation, Magic and Spiritual Regeneration: Spas and the Mass Production of Serenity
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Ingår i: Magic, Culture and the New Economy.
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- This chapter investigates the tension between mass production and individual well-being, and how the actors who have positioned themselves in this market attract customers and meet their needs. In order to approach these questions, it is grounded in empirical material gathered from two specific spas and the cultural context in which they operate: Varberg Kurort Hotel & Spa and Hasseludden Conference &Yasuragi. The chapter begins by presenting the contours of Marcel Mauss's theory of magic. It uses 'magical rites', 'magical representations' and the concept of 'the magician' as the three primary metaphors. The chapter focuses on magical rites, magical representations and the magicians behind it all can actually helps to understand the dynamics of spas and the cultural economy we live in today. Magic is essentially the art of doing things, and magicians have always taken advantage of their know-how, their dexterity, their manual skill.
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Tourist Experiences and Academic Junctures
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Ingår i: Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1502-2250 .- 1502-2269. ; 7:1, s. 34-45
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- This paper argues for the need to further develop an understanding of tourist experiences that more aggressively transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries, and that simultaneously re-centers tourist experiences as integral aspects of daily life. In order to do this, the text begins by problematizing the concept of the tourist. Whose experiences are we talking about, and in what ways do issues of race and gender affect the manner in which we construct our subjects of study? Following this discussion, the paper moves on to more specifically focus upon “tourist experiences”, and discusses the strengths and weaknesses of competing theoretical approaches that have been employed by scholars in their attempts to study the realm of experience in connection with “tourists”. The paper closes by arguing for a need to understand the “tourist experience” in a much broader sense than is generally reflected in the tourism literature. Empirical examples are used here to illustrate some of the directions in which this work might proceed.
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What's the Use of Culture?
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Ingår i: Culture Unbound. Journal of Current Cultural Research. - 2000-1525. ; 1, s. 15-29
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Switch from abciximab to eptifibatide during percutaneous coronary intervention
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Ingår i: International Journal of Cardiology. - 1874-1754. ; 134:3, s. 393-400
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- BACKGROUND: Treatment with glycoprotein (GP) IIb/IIIa inhibitors during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) reduce ischemic complications and improve outcome. Of the GPIIb/IIIa inhibitors abciximab is better documented than eptifibatide, but the former is more expensive. The aim of this study was to monitor a switch from abciximab to eptifibatide with respect to clinical outcome up to six months after PCI. METHODS: All consecutive patients that six months before and six months after a switch from abciximab to eptifibatide received GPIIb/IIIa inhibitors during and after de novo PCIs were followed for six months with respect to clinical outcome. RESULTS: 310 patients received abciximab and 350 eptifibatide. Baseline characteristics were similar in the two groups. 55% of the patients underwent PCI for acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction and 41% for unstable coronary artery disease. There were trends for lower mortality among abciximab-treated than among the eptifibatide-treated patients during in-hospital stay (0.6% vs 2.0%:NS) as well as during the six month follow up (2.3% vs 3.7%:NS). The combined endpoint of death, myocardial infarction, stroke, repeated revascularisation and serious bleeding occurred in 14.9% in the abciximab group vs 16.8% in the eptifibatide group (NS). CONCLUSION: The study could not demonstrate any significant deterioration of clinical results after a switch from abciximab to eptifibatide as routine GPIIb/IIIa inhibition during PCI. With respect to the limited number of patients a clinical significant difference between the two GPIIb/IIIa inhibitors cannot, however, be excluded.
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