Overview
This book consists of an expanded collection of essays on ethnomedicine originally organized for a special edition of the journal Medical Anthropology [Volume 13 (1-2) 1991]. The collection represents a broad range of research illustrating contemporary trends in the anthropological study of ethnomedicine which span positivist, interpretive and critical theory, as well as postmodern concerns and approaches. The objective of this volume is to broaden appreciation of ethnomedicine as a multidimensional subject of inquiry contributing to and benefiting from contemporary anthropological theory and methods. The contributors hope that the collection will raise questions which inspire future research endeavors. Each of the research approaches represented has a contribution to make to ethnomedical scholarship. Consideration of the strengths and weaknesses of multiple approaches ensures against theoretical closure and opens the way to productive dialogue.
Full Product Details
Author: Mark Nichter
Publisher: Gordon and Breach
Imprint: Gordon & Breach Science Publishers Ltd
Volume: Vol 2
Weight: 0.476kg
ISBN: 9782881245299
ISBN 10: 2881245293
Pages: 396
Publication Date: September 1992
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
"""A stimulating, timely, and insightful collection of essays in which skillful use of diverse research strategies contribute ot a reappraisal and revitalization of the study of ethnomedicine. The fluid, contested nature of medical knowledge is meticulously documented, revealing a close articulation between individual suffering and the social and political order--this is medical anthropology at its best--a major contribution to the field."" -Margaret Lock of McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada ""The reader of this volume will see how a decade of new work has remade ethnomedicine into one of the livlier and more promising domains of anthorpology. Niochter and his collaborators are to be congratulated for a salient contribution. Nichter's own encompassing redefinition of the relationship of ethnomedicine to medical anthropology and his critical comments that introduce each of the chapters on the various subdomains of ethnomedicine are bound to provode discussion and response over the years to come. A useful and challenging achievement."" -Arthur Kleinman, MD of Harvard Medical School"
A stimulating, timely, and insightful collection of essays in which skillful use of diverse research strategies contribute ot a reappraisal and revitalization of the study of ethnomedicine. The fluid, contested nature of medical knowledge is meticulously documented, revealing a close articulation between individual suffering and the social and political order--this is medical anthropology at its best--a major contribution to the field. -Margaret Lock of McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada The reader of this volume will see how a decade of new work has remade ethnomedicine into one of the livlier and more promising domains of anthorpology. Niochter and his collaborators are to be congratulated for a salient contribution. Nichter's own encompassing redefinition of the relationship of ethnomedicine to medical anthropology and his critical comments that introduce each of the chapters on the various subdomains of ethnomedicine are bound to provode discussion and response over the years to come. A useful and challenging achievement. -Arthur Kleinman, MD of Harvard Medical School
A stimulating, timely, and insightful collection of essays in which skillful use of diverse research strategies contribute ot a reappraisal and revitalization of the study of ethnomedicine. The fluid, contested nature of medical knowledge is meticulously documented, revealing a close articulation between individual suffering and the social and political order--this is medical anthropology at its best--a major contribution to the field. <br>-Margaret Lock of McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada <br> The reader of this volume will see how a decade of new work has remade ethnomedicine into one of the livlier and more promising domains of anthorpology. Niochter and his collaborators are to be congratulated for a salient contribution. Nichter's own encompassing redefinition of the relationship of ethnomedicine to medical anthropology and his critical comments that introduce each of the chapters on the various subdomains of ethnomedicine are bound to provode discussion and response over the years to come. A useful and challenging achievement. <br>-Arthur Kleinman, MD of Harvard Medical School <br>
A stimulating, timely, and insightful collection of essays in which skillful use of diverse research strategies contribute ot a reappraisal and revitalization of the study of ethnomedicine. The fluid, contested nature of medical knowledge is meticulously documented, revealing a close articulation between individual suffering and the social and political order--this is medical anthropology at its best--a major contribution to the field. -Margaret Lock of McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada The reader of this volume will see how a decade of new work has remade ethnomedicine into one of the livlier and more promising domains of anthorpology. Niochter and his collaborators are to be congratulated for a salient contribution. Nichter's own encompassing redefinition of the relationship of ethnomedicine to medical anthropology and his critical comments that introduce each of the chapters on the various subdomains of ethnomedicine are bound to provode discussion and response over the years to come. A useful and challenging achievement. -Arthur Kleinman, MD of Harvard Medical School
