Overview
NAPA Bulletin is a peer reviewed occasional publication of the National Association for the Practice of Anthropology, dedicated to the practical problem-solving and policy applications of anthropological knowledge and methods. Peer reviewed publication of the National Association for the Practice of Anthropology Dedicated to the practical problem-solving and policy applications of anthropological knowledge and methods Most editions available for course adoption
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Author: Linda A. Bennett (University of Memphis, USA) ,
Karen J. Hanson ,
Omer C. Stewart
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
Volume: 6
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 0.50cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.091kg
ISBN: 9780913167267
ISBN 10: 0913167266
Pages: 56
Publication Date: 05 September 2008
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Author Information
Volume Editor: Linda A. Bennett with commentaries by Karen J. Hanson and Omer C. Stewart General Editors: Ralph J. Bishop and Pamela Amoss Linda A. Bennett is an associate professor of anthropology at Memphis State University and coordinates the research and training M.A. medical anthropology program. She received her M.A. from Indiana University and her Ph.D. from American University in sociocultural anthropology. As a member of the research faculty of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, George Washington University Medical Center, she conducted more than a decade of research on family rituals and alcoholism. For several years she has done applied clinical research on alcoholism treatment and collaborative fieldwork in biocultural anthropology in Yugoslavia. Currently at-large member of the governing council of NAPA and coprogram organizer for MSAPA, she was a board member of WAPA from 1981-84 (serving as president in 1983-84); a cofounder of The Alcohol and Drug Study Group; and on the governing council of the Anthropological Society of Washington from 1978-86. She is the author of Personal Choice in Ethnic Identity Maintenance: Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes in Washington, DC. (1978); coeditor (with Genevieve Ames) of The American Experience with Alcohol: Contrasting Cultural Perspectives (1985); coauthor (with Peter Steinglass et al.) of The Alcoholic Family (1987); and author of ""Treating Alcoholism in a Yugoslav Fashion,"" East European Quarterly (1985); ""Alcohol in Context: Anthropological Perspectives,"" Drugs and Society (1988); and ""Family, Culture and Alcohol,"" Recent Developments in Alcoholism (1989). Currently, she is beginning a longitudinal study of depression among treated substance abusers in Memphis.
