Health, Wellbeing and Place in the Work of Bono and U2
Health & Place ] (]]]]) ]]]–]]] Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Health & Place journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/healthplace Cool aid? Health, wellbeing and place in the work of Bono and U2 Gavin J. Andrews a,n, Robin A. Kearns b, Paul Kingsbury c, Edward R. Carr d a Department of Health, Aging and Society, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, M6J 2G4, Canada b School of Environment, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand c Department of Geography, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, British Columbia, V5A 4X7. Canada d Department of Geography, Univeristy of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA article info abstract Article history: Through a discussion of the sounds and statements of Bono and U2, this paper explores the ways in Received 17 December 2009 which music can work in particular spatial contexts, contributing towards both personal and Received in revised form population-wide health and wellbeing. We engage critically with the idea of celebrity diplomacy, 8 September 2010 and look beyond this notion to suggest ways in which the production, circulation and consumption of Accepted 20 September 2010 music warrants greater attention within the unfolding domain of health geography. & 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Keywords: Health Wellbeing music Geography U2 Bono 1. Introduction 2. Inquiries into music, health and place Western society is celebrity obsessed to the extent that it is not When searching for studies that engage with music, health and only fascinated by famous people, but also by what they are place one is struck by how little work engages contempora- doing, and what they have become, even after their fame has neously with all three of these empirical and conceptual fields.
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