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Revitalizing Health Through Humanities: Foregrounding Unheard Trends Proceedings of the International Conference on Health and Humanities: Exploring Uncharted Terrains in Literary Paradigms
Health Humanities in contemporary times has enabled exploration of the unexplored chartered terrains in literary paradigms. Scholars in the field of Humanities and Sciences have been engaging with the praxis of applying concepts from both disciplines revising the approach towards Health Care and Humanities. Due to interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary methodologies of reading literary texts, they have been reinforcing a paradigm shift from the conventional understanding of narratives in Literature and Health Care. Traditional discursive boundaries between the disciplines of Health and Humanities are collapsing due to a comprehensive and nuanced interpretation of the shared ontological foundation between the two – Humanism. Terminologies like Displacement, Dislocation, and Disjunction unite Health and Humanities and they also make the unknown, known. Health Humanities explores the different multitudes of narration in the literary arena and it re□presents diverse voices of literature. It also showcases the importance of re-reading a text owing to its autotelic status. The authors who have contributed chapters for this book have meticulously selected diverse texts and contexts, embedded in the dynamism of Health Humanities. This book is an impetus for academicians from the field of Humanities and Sciences who desire to venture into new epistemes towards Health Humanities.
1. A Study of Health Humanities Through Resistance Literature
L. Santhosh Kumar, Joshy Mathew, Cynthia Winnie and Goksen Aras
2. Intersections of Faith and Knowledge: Exploring the Role of Biblical Wisdom in Shaping
Health and Well-being
Lyola Thomas
3. Reframing Mental Health Narratives: Rethinking the Popular
Shyla Abraham, Jerrin Jose and Akhila Variyar
4. Brushing Away Blues: The Role of Art in Enhancing Mental Wellbeing among Early Adults
Jeeva M, Masilamani C, and Allwyn F and Bijin Philip
5. Poetry as a Representation of Nature and a Gateway to the Spiritual Realm: A Study of
Eco-mysticism in Select works of Kuvempu and Gerard Manley Hopkins
Pauline VN and Chitra Rohan
6. Disability in Women: A Double Discrimination
Akhila Variyar, Jerrin Jose and Rajalekshmi K
7. Unveiling Silence, Healing Wounds: A Study on the Traumatic Experience in TD
Ramakrishnan’s Sugandhi Alias Andal Devanayaki
Minu A and Sharon J
8. Multitude of Experiences during COVID 19: A Study of Zadie Smith’s Intimations
Preetha M
9. “We Have a Really Strong Will to Survive”: Historical Trauma and First Nations Women in
Taylor’s God and the Indian
Samjaila TH and Gayathri N
10. Visualizing Masculinity: Graphic Medicine’s Exploration of Male Autism in ‘Something
Different About Dad’
Arsha Subbi and Giftsy Dorcas E
11. Music as an Alternate Epistemology of Healing: Contemplating on Selected Narrations of
Recovery among Indian Music Practitioners
Barnashree Khasnobis and Steffi Santhana Mary
12. Healing Howls: Exploring the Therapeutic Role of Dogs through Canine Narratives
Saranya Narayanan
13. Articulating Healing among Black Women: A Study of Gloria Naylor’s The Women of
Brewster Place and Gayl Jones’ Corregidora
Smrity Sonal
14. Beyond Birth: A Holistic Examination of Postpartum Depression in Adolescent Mothers
During the Covid-19 Era
Bijin Philip, Jeeva M, Ruth Magdalene T and Allwyn F
15. Investigating Rita Charon’s Narrative Medicine: Honoring the Stories of Illness—An Analytical Study
Mary Raymer and Meeta Agrawal
16. An Immersive and Personal Dining Experience at Hawthorne in The Menu:
Crafting Culinary Narratives
V C Prakash, Pradeep S Raj and Ranjani S
17. Sweet Potatoes: A Nutrient-Rich Powerhouse for Enhancing Athletes’ Performance with
Optimized Carbohydrate Consumption—A Review
Brighton.A. Rose, Ben J Milton, Meshach R S Edwin, Merrin R S and V.R. Yasu Bharathi
18. Cross-Species Attachment: Analyzing Bruce Cameron’s A Dog’s Journey through the
Lens of Attachment Theory
Arun B, Anne Nithya G, Brighton A Rose and V R Yasu Bharathi
19. A Paradigm Shift: Illness as a Unique Gift in Oliver Sacks’ The Man Who Mistook
His Wife for a Hat and Other Tales
D.N.P. Prema Ponmani
20. Identity Search Through the Fabricated Culinary Images in Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s
Select Novels: A Study Through Health and Humanities
V. Thilagavathi, N. Ravikumar and R. Chandrasekar
21. Healing for Emotional Illnesses with Reference to Select Poems of Mamang Dai and
Linda Hogan: A Comparative Study through Trans-indigenous Psycho Spiritual
Perspective on Health and Humanities
N. Ravikumar, M. Inbaraj, Ranju P and K. Mariappan
22. Picturizing the Judgmental World of Infertility: Embracing Empathy
S.A. Sovya Shephyr, Kaushi Reddy N., Allwyn and T. Ruth Magdalene
23. The Forgotten Frontiers of Medicine on Screen: Deconstructing Life is Beautiful and Shutter
Island on a Materialist—Discursive Matrix
Sreedevi Santhosh and Samyuktha Santhosh
24. Nature of Evil and its Fragmental Metastasizing of the Human Psyche
Sandra Mathew and Sreedevi Santhosh
25. Encountering Disability through Mind Uploading: A Transhumanist Reading of
Richard A. Morgan’s Altered Carbon
M. Inbaraj and Ravikumar N
26. Indigenous Health and Significant Health Disparities
Anindita Chowdhury and Kanimozhi A
27. Finding Harmony: Exploring Human Bonds and Ecological Ethics in Karen Joy Fowler’s
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
Ben J Milton, Brighton A. Rose, Merrin R S, and Meshach R S Edwin
28. From Ancient Grains to Modern Solution: Exploring the Significance of Millets in Reversing
Imbalance of Blood Sugar Levels
Meshach R S Edwin, Merrin R S, Brighton A Rose and Ben J Milton
29. Uncaging Anupama in Mahashweta: A Journey to Self-Identity
Swetha. S and Uma Maheswary
30. Narratives of Trauma and Collective Memory: Exploring Post- Traumatic Resonances in
Aatish Taseer’s Manto and Anirudh Kala’s The Unsafe Asylum: Stories of Partition and Madness
Uma Maheswary and Nishitha
31. Shifting Perspectives: Re-imaging Cinematic Representation of Disability, Sexuality, and
Gender in Margarita with a Straw and Peranbu
Francia P.A, Suja Mathew and Uma Maheswary
32. The Intensity of Pain and the Indomitable Spirit of Women Portrayed in Indian Short Stories
R. Vidyavathi
33. Panacea of the Centuries: Unearthing Ancient Medicine in Keepers of the Kalachakra by Ashwin Sanghi
Aryamol KB, Irona Bhaduri and Maanini Jayal V
34. Women’s Reproductive Autonomy and its Implications in Feminist Speculative Fiction: A Review
Maanini Jayal V, Abirami T, Lourdes Antoinette Shalini and Arya Mol K B
35. Pandemic’s Curated Spaces: Understanding the ‘Public’ and ‘Private’ in
Putham Puthu Kaalai and Putham Puthu Kaalai Vidiyadhaa
Jithin Joseph and Sharon P.B.
36. Breaking the Silence: The Significance of Sharing Autobiographical Narratives in Mental
Health Discourse
Nishitha and Uma Maheswary
37. Life-Narrative of Illness: Exploring Audre Lorde’s Cancer Journals through Narrative
Medicine, Body Issues, and the Female Identity
Irona Bhaduri and Aryamol KB
38. Food Thy Medicine—Neo-Culinary Concepts for Healthy Life in Recent Times:
A Qualitative Analysis of Present Food Environment
Kanimozhi A, Anindita Chowdhury and Ambika N
39. Journeying Towards Mental Wellness: Mariam’s Evolution Through Maslow’s
Hierarchy in ‘A Thousand Splendid Suns’
Merrin R S, Meshach R S Edwin, Ben J Milton and Brighton A Rose
40. Trauma of Discrimination: The Erasure of the Self, State-Sponsored Ostracization and
Silencing of Identities
Preethi S
41. Transcendent Influence of Compassion in Clinical Encounters
V P. Krishna Prabha and Tenzin Yangchen
42. Reinforcing Mental Health through Body Positivity: Navigating Pictorial Narratives in
Early Childhood 260
Rini Reba Mathew, Lucy Marium Samuel and Jithin Joseph
43. From Pandemonium to Elysium: Mystical Healing Practices in Stephen King’s Fairy Tale
Sridheepika V.S., Tamilmani K.T. and L. Santhosh Kumar
44. Navigating the Nexus: Analyzing the Applications of Modern and Traditional Healing
Practices using TOPSIS Approach
Ruth Magdalene T, D. Ravindran, Rini Reba Mathew and C. Shilpa Rao
45. Shaping the Future of Healthcare in India: The Dual Role of Industrialization and
Commercialization
Jeeva M, Bijin Philip, Jinu Mathew and M. Lavanya
46. Occupational Stress and Pregnancy Complications: Insights for Workplace
Interventions and Public Health Policies
Jeeva M, Bijin Philip, Ramya B and K. B. Sakithyan
47. Epidemics on Screen: A Study of Health Crisis Representation in the Malayalam Movie ‘Virus’
Sreedevi VK
48. Coping with Stress through Usage of Social Media: A Case Study on Varying Stress Levels
Among Academicians of Higher Education Institutions in Bangalore, India
Sangeetha BK and Alan Maria Jose
49. Unveiling Ethical Predicaments of Women through the Thriller Narratives of Yashoda
Ruth Magdalene T, Jeeva M, D Ravindran and Sovya Shephyr S A
50. Examining the Mental Health of Anxiety among College Students in Bengaluru City Using GAD-7
Chandrakhanthan J and Biju M
51. Assessing Healing Strategies for Disabilities: A PROMETHEE Analysis of Memory and
Cognition Enhancement Modalities
D Ravindran, K Janaki Priya, Vidhya S and Chandrakhanthan J
52. Evaluation of Healing Practices Across Cultures Using COPRAS Method
D Ravindran, V Rajalakshmi, S Raja and Stephen Deepak
53. Effect of Gratitude Intervention on Gratitude, Resentment and Appreciation and Life
Satisfaction Among Students
Sruthi Sivaraman, Aarsha Ajayan, Lakshmipriya E, Anitha Mary Mathew and Nikitha S. Patani
54. Psychosocial Perspective on Well-being Post Covid-19
Vigraanth Bapu K G, Vimala M, Nidhi, Sreedevi J and Pooja D G
55. Is there a Time Difference? The Impact of Transposition and Letter Alteration on Reading Speed
Hansel Chris Rodrigues, Lokesh L. and Flavia Furtado
56. Executive Functioning Levels of Children with Dyspraxia: A Narrative Review
Anjana Sinha, Nikhath Seema and Emmanuel P J
57. Self-diagnosis of Depression and Anxiety Among Young Adults
Abigail Mary Koshy and Deepmala Sutar
58. Exploring the Relationship between Teacher’s Self-Concept and Empathy: A Review
Pavana Sivakumar, Deepmala Sutar, Sampreeti Das and Devikrishna Sabu
59. Rape Myth Acceptance among Women from Southern States of India
Deepthi Vijayan, Shruthi Rose and Deepika Premlal
60. Perception of the Elderly about the Influence of Issues in Family on Their Well Being
Jakkula Kasmika Jyotsna Reddy and Sruthi Sivaraman
61. Challenges and Risk Factors Associated with Type 1 Diabetes at Work
Yathigna Gurramkonda and Shreya Thomas
62. Disease Prediction In Agriculture Sector by Leaf Image Analysis and IoT
Gopika S, Gayathri S and Suni Jose
63. Empowering Mental Health Resilience: LLAMA 2-Based AI Model for All Stages
Gopika S, K. Kalaiselvi, Mary Jacob and Vignesh K
64. Covid-19 Lockdown: Post-Perception and Wellbeing Experience
Deena Dixon and Vijayalaya Srinivas
65. Friendship Quality and Peer Influence Among Females
Deena Dixon and Vijayalaya Srinivas
66. AI Integration Model for Resilience: Enhancing Mental Health and Education
K. Kalaiselvi, Mary Jacob, Gopika S and Vignesh K
67. A Novel Approach Using Machine Learning Algorithms for Analysis and Early Prediction of
Depression Tendency among Young Adults
K. Kalaiselvi, T. Mangaiyarkarasi, Santhosh Kumar. L and Vignesh K
68. Intelligent and Operative Prediction System for Understanding Learning Disabilities Using
Type–II Fuzzy Logic
Margaret Mary T, Divya K S, Vishu Priya and Pintu Jacob
69. Preprocessing Approaches for Improved Classification of Learning Disabilities in School
Children: A Machine Learning Perspective
Margaret Mary T, Divya K S, D. Gopinath and Pintu Jacob
70. Cultural Trauma in Indian Diaspora Literature
Joshy Mathew and Joseph Edward Felix
71. Beyond Stereotypes: Analysis of Violence, Disability and Resilience in the Contemporary
Malayalam Movie Uyare
Minu A, Ramya B and Mary Jacob
Biography
Dr. L. Santhosh Kumar
is an Assistant Professor of English at Kristu Jayanti College, Autonomous, Bengaluru, India. He has received three Honorary Doctorate Degrees from reputed Universities and Institutes. He has presented 48 papers at State, National, and International Conferences around the globe. He has published 44 research articles in National and International Journals, which are peer-reviewed, indexed in Scopus, and in books with ISBNs. He has also edited numerous books. He was a Gold Medalist in B.A. English at St. Joseph’s College (Autonomous), Tiruchirappalli. He was awarded the Best Researcher Award for the academic years 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 by Bishop Heber College (Autonomous), Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu, India. He is also on the Editorial Board of Literary Journals, which are peer-reviewed and Indexed in Scopus. He has delivered 139 talks at Workshops, Webinars, and National and International Conferences around the globe.
Dr. Barnashree Khasnobis
is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English at Kristu Jayanti College, Autonomous, Bengaluru. She completed her M.A. in English and PhD from the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi. Her PhD thesis dealt with the literary and cultural exploration of Khayal compositions. Born and raised in a family of Indian music practitioners, her passion for literature accompanied her love for music. She has published research papers on Ethnomusicology, Cultural Studies, and Indian English Poetry in national and international journals of repute. She is committed to inquiring into the unexplored realm of humanities where literature and music meet. She also invests her creative energies in writing poems and short stories.
Dr. Sreedevi Santhosh
has been teaching for the last 19 years and currently works in the Department of English, Kristu Jayanti College (Autonomous), Bengaluru. She holds a PhD in English Studies and a PG Diploma in Translation Studies and Creative Writing. She has supervised PhD dissertations on Swedish Crime Fiction, Diasporic Studies in the Malayalam context, Gender and Sexuality studies, Graphic Novels, Travel Writings in the Malayalam Context, Food Writing and Collaborative City Spaces. Her areas of interest include Regional Studies and Cultural Studies. Her writings are featured on Zabaan-e-am podcast as South Asian Writers speak. She also serves in an advisory capacity on Doctoral Research Committees and Board of Studies.