Anthropological Approaches to the Study of Ethnomedicine

Erscheinungsjahr 1992
ISBN: 978-2-88124-530-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, Band 2, 260 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 680 g

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First Published in 1992. The reader of this volume will see how a decade of new work has remade ethnomedicine into one of the livelier and more promising domains of anthropology. Nicthter's encompassing redefinition of the relationship of ethnomedicine to medical anthropology and his critical comments that introduce each chapter are bound to provoke discussion and response over the years to come. - Arthur Kleinman, MD Harvard Medical School.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nichter, Mark

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Humanbiologie Physische Anthropologie, Paläoanthropologie, Evolutionäre Anthropologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Ethnomedizin

Inhaltsverzeichnis

An Ayurvedic Theory of Cancer
An Epidemiological Description of a Folk Illness: A Study of Empacho in Guatemala
Discourse, Daño and Healing in North Coastal Peru
Guardian Angels and Dirty Spirits: The Moral Basis of Healing Power in Rural Haiti
Deciding How to Decide: Posession-Mediumship in Jalari Divination
"Unclean Deeds": Menstrual Taboos and Binding "Ties" in Rural Jamaica
The Harp That Plays by Itself
The Production of Self and Body in Sherpa-Tibetan Society
Malay Medicine, Malay Person
Ethnomedicine: Diverse Trends, Common Linkages

Über Autor(innen)

Mark Nichter