X-Rays, Spirits, and Witches (eBook)

Understanding Health and Illness in Ethnographic Context

Julian M. Murchison (Autor)

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2017
162 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4422-6741-1 (ISBN)

Infos

This book provides a brief, to-the-point book that is grounded in ethnographic research, written expressly for use in medical anthropology courses—that is, structured to highlight concepts and issues typically examined in such classes and to make overt the connections between ethnographic detail and big concepts.

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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 "e;the medical gaze"e;) 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.

Autor

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).

Inhalt

1: Background and Context2: Medical Pluralism3: Managing and Negotiating Therapy4: Embodied Health and Illness5: Power and Health6: Alphabet Soup: The Effects of HIV/AIDS and ART7: Conclusion

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.9.2017
• Zusatzinfo: 47 Illustrations including: - 9 Halftones, Color including Color Photographs; - 6 Tables; - 32 Text Boxes.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• ISBN-10: 1-4422-6741-0 / 1442267410
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4422-6741-1 / 9781442267411