A collection of in-depth ethnographic analyses of the impact of local and global transformations on the careor lack of carereceived by older people in Sub-Saharan Africa, this book provides the pan-African evidence and enquiry needed to advanc...Lasīt vairāk
Western pharmaceuticals are flooding the Third World. Injections, capsules and tablets are available in city markets and village shops, from traditional practitioners and street vendors, as well as from more orthodox sources like hospitals. Althoug...Lasīt vairāk
Though long neglected in anthropological research, the connections and conflicts between generations are at the heart of social processes. In this book, sixteen studies examine relations between generations of kin and between historical and political...Lasīt vairāk
This book records the wisdom of six elders in Kwahu-Tafo, a rural town in the South of Ghana. It brings to the fore the beauty of old age....Lasīt vairāk
Anthropologists have a complex relationship with ethnocentrism. They consider it to be intellectually nave, morally despicable and politically dangerous. Many see criticizing and fighting ethnocentrism as one of anthropologys missions. At the same...Lasīt vairāk
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Anthropologists have a complex relationship with ethnocentrism. This work contains the reflections of six medical anthropologists who explore the ethnocentric implications of their fieldwork and writings on health, illness and medicine in various...Lasīt vairāk
Susan Reynolds Whyte, Sjaak van der Geest, Anita Hardon
Sērija : Cambridge Studies in Medical Anthropology
(Izdošanas datums: 30-Jan-2003, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9780521800259)
An anthropological study of the social functions and meanings of medicines in different cultures. The focus of this book is medicines (swallowed, injected, rubbed on), as understood by anthropologists concerned solely with their social uses....Lasīt vairāk
An anthropological study of the social functions and meanings of medicines in different cultures. The focus of this book is medicines (swallowed, injected, rubbed on), as understood by anthropologists concerned solely with their social uses....Lasīt vairāk
Western pharmaceuticals are flooding the Third World. Injections, capsules and tablets are available in city markets and village shops, from traditional practitioners and street vendors, as well as from more orthodox sources like hospitals. Althoug...Lasīt vairāk
