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Thinking About Dementia
Culture, Loss, and the Anthropology of Senility
Av Annette Leibing, Lawrence Cohen
Häftad, 2006
443 kr
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Bringing together essays by nineteen respected scholars, this volume approaches dementia from a variety of angles, exploring its historical, psychological, and philosophical implications. The authors employ a cross-cultural perspective that is based on ethnographic fieldwork and focuses on …
Public Life of the Fetal Sonogram
Technology, Consumption, and the Politics of Reproduction
Häftad, 2008
442 kr
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In The Public Life of the Fetal Sonogram, medical anthropologist Janelle S. Taylor analyzes the full sociocultural context of ultrasound technology and imagery. Drawing upon ethnographic research both within and beyond the medical setting, Taylor shows how ultrasound has entered into public …
With Shaking Hands
Aging with Parkinson's Disease in America's Heartland
Häftad, 2009
400 kr
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Far from celebrity media spotlight, ordinary individuals, many older and less advantaged, suffer the disabling pain of Parkinson's disease (PD), an illness whose progressive symptoms often mimic old age and cause mobility impairment, communication barriers, and social isolation.At the heart of With …
Embodying Culture
Pregnancy in Japan and Israel
Av Tsipy Ivry
Inbunden, 2009
1106 kr
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Embodying Culture is an ethnographically grounded exploration of pregnancy in two different cultures-Japan and Israel-both of which medicalize pregnancy. Tsipy Ivry focuses on "low-risk" or "normal" pregnancies, using cultural comparison to explore the complex relations among ethnic ideas about …
Embodying Culture
Pregnancy in Japan and Israel
Av Tsipy Ivry
Häftad, 2009
438 kr
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Embodying Culture is an ethnographically grounded exploration of pregnancy in two different cultures-Japan and Israel-both of which medicalize pregnancy. Tsipy Ivry focuses on "low-risk" or "normal" pregnancies, using cultural comparison to explore the complex relations among ethnic ideas about …
Your Pocket Is What Cures You
The Politics of Health in Senegal
Inbunden, 2009
1090 kr
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In the wake of structural adjustment programs in the 1980s and health reforms in the 1990s, the majority of sub-Saharan African governments spend less than ten dollars per capita on health annually, and many Africans have limited access to basic medical care. Using a community-level approach, …
Your Pocket Is What Cures You
The Politics of Health in Senegal
Häftad, 2009
417 kr
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In the wake of structural adjustment programs in the 1980s and health reforms in the 1990s, the majority of sub-Saharan African governments spend less than ten dollars per capita on health annually, and many Africans have limited access to basic medical care. Using a community-level approach, …
Healing the Body Politic
El Salvador's Popular Struggle for Health Rights from Civil War to Neoliberal Peace
Häftad, 2010
513 kr
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Incorporating investigative journalism and drawing on interviews with participants and leaders, Sandy Smith-Nonini examines the contested place of health and development in El Salvador over the last two decades. Healing the Body Politic recounts the dramatic story of radical health activism from …
Chronic Conditions, Fluid States
Chronicity and the Anthropology of Illness
Av Lenore Manderson, Carolyn Smith-Morris
Häftad, 2010
513 kr
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Chronic Conditions, Fluid States explores the uneven impact of chronic illness and disability on individuals, families, and communities in diverse local and global settings. To date, much of the social as well as biomedical research has treated the experience of illness and the challenges of …
Comprehending Drug Use
Ethnographic Research at the Social Margins
Av J. Bryan Page, Merrill Singer
Häftad, 2010
414 kr
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Comprehending Drug Use, the first full-length critical overview of the use of ethnographic methods in drug research, synthesizes more than one hundred years of study on the human encounter with psychotropic drugs. J. Bryan Page and Merrill Singer create a comprehensive examination of the whole …
Sleep Paralysis
Night-mares, Nocebos, and the Mind-Body Connection
Häftad, 2011
513 kr
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Sleep Paralysis explores a distinctive form of nocturnal fright: the "night-mare," or incubus. In its original meaning a night-mare was the nocturnal visit of an evil being that threatened to press the life out of its victim. Today, it is known as sleep paralysis-a state of consciousness between …
Obesity
Cultural and Biocultural Perspectives
Inbunden, 2010
1506 kr
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In a world now filled with more people who are overweight than underweight, public health and medical perspectives paint obesity as a catastrophic epidemic that threatens to overwhelm health systems and undermine life expectancies globally. In many societies, being obese also creates profound …
Obesity
Cultural and Biocultural Perspectives
Häftad, 2010
417 kr
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In a world now filled with more people who are overweight than underweight, public health and medical perspectives paint obesity as a catastrophic epidemic that threatens to overwhelm health systems and undermine life expectancies globally. In many societies, being obese also creates profound …
Surviving HIV/AIDS in the Inner City
How Resourceful Latinas Beat the Odds
Inbunden, 2011
602 kr
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Surviving HIV/AIDS in the Inner City explores the survival strategies of poor, HIV-positive Puerto Rican women by asking four key questions: Given their limited resources, how did they manage an illness as serious as HIV/AIDS? Did they look for alternatives to conventional medical treatment? Did …
Surviving HIV/AIDS in the Inner City
How Resourceful Latinas Beat the Odds
Häftad, 2012
426 kr
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Surviving HIV/AIDS in the Inner City explores the survival strategies of poor, HIV-positive Puerto Rican women by asking four key questions: Given their limited resources, how did they manage an illness as serious as HIV/AIDS? Did they look for alternatives to conventional medical treatment? Did …
Reproducing Inequities
Poverty and the Politics of Population in Haiti
Häftad, 2006
484 kr
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Residents of Haiti-one of the poorest and most unstable countries in the world-face a grim reality of starvation, violence, lack of economic opportunity, and minimal health care. For years, aid organizations have sought to alleviate the problems by creating health and family planning clinics, …
Menopause
A Biocultural Perspective
Häftad, 2006
383 kr
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Menopause is a biological reality for all women in their forties and fifties. Yet the way we think about the cessation of menstruation is influenced by a variety of factors. Cultural and technological influences combine with biology to transform this universal phenomenon into an experience that …
Revisiting Race in a Genomic Age
Av Barbara Koenig, Sandra Soo-Jin Lee m. fl.
Häftad, 2008
556 kr
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With the completion of the sequencing of the human genome in 2001, the debate over the existence of a biological basis for race has been revived. In Revisiting Race in a Genomic Age, interdisciplinary scholars join forces to examine the new social, political, and ethical concerns that are attached …
Veins of Devotion
Blood Donation and Religious Experience in North India
Häftad, 2008
456 kr
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According to public health orthodoxy, blood for transfusion is safer when derived from voluntary, nonremunerated donors. As developing nations phase out compensated blood collection efforts to comply with this current policy, many struggle to keep their blood stores up. Veins of Devotion details …
Uncertain Cure
Living with Leprosy in Brazil
Häftad, 2008
442 kr
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In many cultures, leprosy elicits fear, stigma, and misunderstanding. Historically, people affected by leprosy were banished or isolated from the rest of society. Although the worldwide incidence of leprosy has declined markedly over the past quarter century with the advent of new multidrug …
