Communicating Health A Culture-centered Approach

by Dutta, Mohan J.

• ISBN13: 9780745634913
• ISBN10: 0745634915
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-02-04
• Publisher: Polity

Summary

The culture-centred approach offered in this book argues that communication theorizing ought to locate culture at the centre of the communication process such that the theories are contextually embedded and co-constructed through dialogue with the cultural participants. The discussions in the book situate health communication within local contexts by looking at identities, meanings and experiences of health among community members, and locating them in the realm of the structures that constitute health. The culturecentred approach foregrounds the voices of cultural members in the co-constructions of health risks and in the articulation of health problems facing communities. Ultimately, the book provides theoretical and practical suggestions for developing a culture-centred understanding of health communication processes.

Author Biography

M. Dutta, Associate Professor of Communication, Department of Communication, Purdue University

Table of Contents

List of Figures	p. viii
List of Boxes	p. ix
Glossary	p. x
Acknowledgments	p. xii
Introduction	p. 1
Culture in Health Communication	p. 17
The Culture-Centered Approach to Health Communication	p. 44
Theoretical Approaches to the Study of Culture	p. 69
Culture, Identity, and Health	p. 90
Pathways of Curing and Healing	p. 116
Culture and Marginalization	p. 149
Health Experiences in Marginalized Sectors	p. 175
Culture, Social Capital, and Health	p. 205
Culture and Resistance	p. 220
Health, Culture, and Globalization	p. 235
Culture as Praxis	p. 252
References	p. 273
Index	p. 293
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