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9780203222515

Medical Pluralism in the Andes

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  • ISBN13:

    9780203222515

  • ISBN10:

    0203222512

  • Copyright: 2004-01-14
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis

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Summary

Medical Pluralism in the Andes is the first major collection of anthropological approaches to health in the Andes for over twenty years. Capturing the intricacies of health practice within the context of Andean social history, cultural tradition, community and folklore, this is a remarkable and intimate chronicle of Andean culture and everyday life, which will appeal across a wide range of readers, from professional anthropologists to those interested in alternative medicines.

Table of Contents

Foreword
June Nash List of Contributors
Preface
Introduction: Andean Medical Studies and the Contribution of
The Andean Context
Ethnography and the Person: A Reflection on Libbet Crandon's Andean Fieldwork
Changing Times, Changing Symptoms: The Effects of Modernization on Mestizo Medicine in Rural Bolivia
Contributions to a Critical Analysis of Medical Pluralism: An Examination of the Work of
Choices, Changing Times and Medical Pluralism Introduction
Setting it Straight in the Andes: Musculoskeletal Distress and the Role of the Componedor
Healing Soul Loss: The Negotiation of Identity in Peru
Healers as Entrepreneurs: Constructing an Image of Legitimized Potency in Urban Ecuador
Andean Bodies - Metaphors and Medicine Introduction
Ethnomedicine and Enculturation in the Andes of Ecuador
Food, Health and Identity in a Rural Andean Community
Sucking Blood or Snatching Fat: Chaga's Disease in Bolivia
Gender, Power and Health Introduction
Why Sobreparto?: Women's Health, Work and Reproduction in Two Districts of Southern Peru
Illness Management, Social Alliance and Cultural Identity in Quito Ecuador
Anthropology and Shamanism: Image and Practice in Peru
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