Health and Healing in Cross-Cultural Perspective
ANTH 246
Spring 2007 not offered
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This course provides an introduction to medical anthropology, the study of how societies approach health and healing. We will examine variations in concepts of health, illness, and becoming and staying well in several parts of the world, including parts of Africa, Asia, and Latin America. We will also look at contemporary "biomedicine" as a cultural entity. We will look at cultural practices that encourage or inhibit disease, the influence of social institutions of health and illness, health and gender, and cross-cultural responses to diseases such as AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria. |
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Essential Capabilities:
None |
| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS ANTH |
| Course Format: Lecture/Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: ANTH101 OR SOC151 OR BIOL103 OR [BIOL170 or MB&B170] OR CHEM117 OR [CHEM160 or MB&B160] |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: None |
Major Readings:
Katherine Dettwyler, DANCING SKELETONS
Anne Fadiman, THE SPIRIT CATCHES YOU AND YOU FALL DOWN
Paul Farmer, INFECTIONS AND INEQUALITIES
Byron Good, MEDICINE, RATIONALITY, AND EXPERIENCE
Margarel Lock, ENCOUNTERS WITH THE AGING
Ann McElroy and Patricia Townsend, MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY IN ECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
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Examinations and Assignments:
2 short papers, 1 mid-term exam, 1 term paper. |
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