X-Rays, Spirits, and Witches: Understanding Health and Illness in Ethnographic Context - Couverture rigide

Murchison, Julian M.

 
9781442267398: X-Rays, Spirits, and Witches: Understanding Health and Illness in Ethnographic Context
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1442267399 ISBN 13 : 9781442267398
Editeur : Rowman & Littlefield, 2017

Synopsis

Based on primary research conducted in Tanzania over the last fifteen years, X-Rays, Spirits, and Witches, provides an ethnography specifically designed for use in medical anthropology classes. The text is organized around four key topics that are recurrent themes in medical anthropology across diverse settings: medical pluralism, illness narratives, embodied experiences of health and illness, and the multilayered ways that power dynamics influence healthcare.
In addition to telling an engaging story of health, illness, and medical treatment as experienced in a real-world setting, the chapters link anthropological terms and concepts to specific events. Unobtrusive in-text definitions as well as a complementary glossary of terms help students recognize and employ the language of medical anthropology. Short pull-out boxes explore key concepts (such as the idea of "the medical gaze") and highlight for further consideration issues which are of particular relevance in the medical anthropology classroom. Such pedagogical elements are designed to complement but not bog down the ethnography-enabling students to make better connections between real-world research and core textbook concepts.

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À propos de l?auteur

Julian M. Murchison is head of the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology at Eastern Michigan University. He has taught a wide range of courses, including Health & Illness, Ethnography of East Africa, and Ethnographic Research & Writing. He has conducted ethnographic research in Tanzania for more than fifteen years. He is the author of Ethnography Essentials (2009).

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Éditeur
Rowman & Littlefield
Date d'édition
2017
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1442267399
ISBN 13 
9781442267398
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
162
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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ISBN 10 :  1442267402 ISBN 13 :  9781442267404
Editeur : Rl, 2017
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