Devil is Disorder

Rebecca Lynch is a Research Fellow at King's College London and has worked as a medical anthropologist on a number of UK public health and health services research projects. She has edited three books that seek to expand approaches to the body and health through examinations of the cosmological, and relationships between human health and technologies.

"Fascinating and detailed account of local medicine, morality and metaphysics in Trinidad. Excellent ethnographic vignettes and vigorous conclusions, a major contribution to current debates on religion and modernity." Roland Littlewood, University College London"The Devil is Disorder covers an area often overlooked in medical anthropology - the link to religious beliefs and practices. The author shows impressively the relevance of taking religion into account when studying medicine. Her study also highlights the dynamic nature of cultures and the adaptability of traditions." Bettina Schmidt, University of Wales Trinity Saint David

• List of FiguresAcknowledgementsIntroductionPART I: VILLAGE, SPIRITS, AND MORAL ORDERChapter 1. Trinidad villageChapter 2. The material and other worldsChapter 3. Cosmological crafting and story-tellingPART II: DISORDER AND THE DEVILChapter 4. The body and healthChapter 5. The Devil in the bodyChapter 6. Healing the bodyChapter 7. The body in the village and in the StateChapter 8. The Devil is disorderConclusion: Job, justice and moral orderAppendix: Churches in the VillageReferencesIndex