Medical anthropology : regional perspectives and shared concerns
Medical Anthropology: Regional Perspectives and Shared Concerns surveys medical anthropology by examining the multiplicity of intellectual traditions from which it emerged, taking a closer look at the paths charted by medical anthropologists in Europe and the Americas.
Handboeken (vorm)
xxxiii, 305 p. ; 26 cm
9781405152495, 9781405152501, 1405152494, 1405152508
150287938
Notes on Contributors viii Preface xvi Acknowledgments xvii Introduction: Francine Saillant and Serge Genest xviii Part I: Perspectives from the Americas 1 Chapter 1 Canada 3 Section 1 Bioscience and Biotechnology Under Ethnographic Surveillance: Where Do Canadian Medical Anthropologists Stand? 3 Gilles Bibeau (Université de Montréal), Janice E. Graham (Université de Montréal), and Usher Fleising (University of Calgary) Section 2 The Anthropology of Health in Québec: Toward a Blending of Approaches and Methods 23 Raymond Massé (Université Laval) Chapter 2 The United States 42 Medical Anthropology in the United States Aruchu Castro (University of Barcelona) and Paul Farmer (Harvard University) Chapter 3 Brazil 58 Much More than Medical Anthropology: The Healthy Body and Brazilian Indentity Annette Leibing (Hamburg University) Chapter 4 Mexico 71 Medical Anthropology in Mexico: Recent Trends in Research and Education María Beatriz Duarte-Gómez (National University of Colombia), Roberto Campos-Navarro (Universidad Nacional Autónoma), and Gustavo Nigenda (Escuela Nacional de Anthropologia e Historia) Part II: Perspectives from Europe 87 Chapter 5 France 89 Medical Anthropology in France: A Healthy Discipline Sylvie Fainzang (Centre de Recherche Médecine, Sciences, Santé et Société) Chapter 6 Spain 103 Topographies, Folklore, and Medical Anthropology in Spain Josep M. Comelles (École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris), Enrique Perdiguero (Miguel Hernández University, Spain), and Angel Martínez-Hernáez (Universitat Rovira I Virgili, Spain) Chapter 7 Italy 122 Suffering, Politics, Nation: A Cartography of Italian Medical Anthropology Mariella Pandolfi (Université de Montréal) and Gilles Bibeau (Université de Montréal) Chapter 8 Germany 142 Medical Anthropology(ies) in Germany Angelika Wolf (Free University of Berlin), Stefan Ecks (Göttingen, Berkeley, Paris), and Johannes Sommerfeld (University of Hamburg) Chapter 9 The Netherlands 162 A Cultural Fascination with Medicine: Medical Anthropology in the Netherlands Sjaak Van der Geest (University of Amsterdam) Chapter 10 The United Kingdom 183 British Medical Anthropology: Past, Present and Future Ronald Frankenberg (University of Manchester) Chapter 11 Switzerland 212 Anthropology between Medicine and Society: Swiss Health Interfaces Ilario Rossi (University of Lausanne) Part III: Cross-cutting and Thematic Perspectives 231 Chapter 12 Gender 233 Engendering Medical Anthropology Carole H. Browner and Carolyn Sargent (Michigan State University) Chapter 13 Politics 252 The Politics of Life: Beyond the Anthropology of Health Didier Fassin (École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales) Conclusion 267 Medical Anthropology: Intimations for the Future Margaret Lock (McGill University) Index 289