1. Edition - May 2010
38.90 Euro
2010. 576 Pages, Softcover
ISBN-10: 1-4051-8314-4
ISBN-13: 978-1-4051-8314-7 - John Wiley & Sons






Sample Chapter

Detailed description
A Reader in Medical Anthropology: Theoretical Trajectories, Emergent Realities brings together articles from the key theoretical approaches in the field of medical anthropology as well as related science and technology studies. The editors' comprehensive introductions evaluate the historical lineages of these approaches and their value in addressing critical problems associated with contemporary forms of illness experience and health care.
* Presents a key selection of both classic and new agenda-setting articles in medical anthropology
* Provides analytic and historical contextual introductions by leading figures in medical anthropology, medical sociology, and science and technology studies
* Critically reviews the contribution of medical anthropology to a new global health movement that is reshaping international health agendas

From the contents
Acknowledgments.

About the Editors.

Introduction.

Part I: Antecedents.

Part II: Illness and Narrative, Body and Experience.

Part III: Governmentalities and Biological Citizenship.

Part IV: The Biotechnical Embrace.

Part V: Biosciences, Biotechnologies.

Part VI: Global Health, Global Medicine.

Part VII: Postcolonial Disorders.

Index.