Download or read book Antropologia de la Enfermedad Estudio Etnologico de los Sistemas de Representaciones Etiologicas y Terapeuticas en la Sociedad Occidental Contempora written by François Laplantine and published by Ediciones Del Sol. This book was released on 1999 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Este libro constituye un serio intento de clasificar las formas elementales de la enfermedad y la curacion, a fin de construir modelos teoricos y operativos a mitad de camino entre tipologias como las de Forster o Murdock y las estructuras que persigue Levi-Strauss. En su busqueda de las representaciones que organizan los discursos sobre la salud, el autor no vacila en juntar la biomedicina y la literatura. La base empirica y teorica de sus investigaciones son las entrevistas que mantuvo con medicos generalistas y con enfermos, las obras medicas que incluyen las terapias alternativas destinadas al gran publico y filmes famosos y obras literarias de escritores como Proust, Celine o Mann, entre otros muchos que abordaron la tematica de la enfermedad. Laplantine arroja nuevas luces sobre los modelos etiologicos y terapeuticos, indaga en las relaciones entre la enfermedad y lo sagrado, apelando para ello tanto a la antropologia medica y religiosa como a las representaciones de la enfermedad como castigo, o incluso como bien deseado, y a la curacion como recompensa o gracia divina. La antropologia de la enfermedad es una disciplina reciente que abre ricas perspectivas en los estudios culturales e incorpora categorias de analisis de las que no se podra prescindir en el futuro. En ese campo la obra de FranC'ois Laplantine sobresale por lo exhaustivo de sus investigaciones y la originalidad de sus aportes. Su rigurosa formacion y su ya vasta obra publicada (unos 14 volumenes) le han asegurado un sitio eminente en la antropologia francesa y de toda Europa. Con esta obra consolida, sin duda, su prestigio.
Download or read book Un equilibrio imperfecto written by Begueria Muñoz, Arantza and published by Editorial UOC. This book was released on 2016-11-05 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cancer written by Melvyn F. Greaves and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every day, 1500 Americans die of cancer, and yet for most of us this deadly disease remains mysterious. Why is it so common? Why are there so many different causes? Why does treatment so often fail? What, ultimately, is cancer? In this fascinating new book, a leading cancer researcher offers general readers clear and convincing answers to these and many other questions. Mel Greaves places cancer in its evolutionary context, arguing that we can best answer the big questions about cancer by looking through a Darwinian lens. Drawing on both ancient and more modern evolutionary legacies, he shows how human development has changed the rules of evolutionary games, trapping us in a nature-nurture mismatch. Compelling examples, from the King of Naples intestinal tumor in the 15th century, through the epidemic of scrotal skin cancer in 18th-century chimney sweeps, to the current surge of cases of prostate cancer illustrate his thesis. He also shows why the old paradigms of infectious diseases or genetic disorders have proved fruitless when trying to explain this complex and elusive disease. And finally, he looks at the implications for research, prevention, and treatment of cancer that an evolutionary perspective provides. Drawing on the most recent research, this is the first book to put cancer in its evolutionary framework. At a time when Darwinian perspectives on everything from language acquisition to economics are providing new breakthroughs in understanding, medicine seems to have much to gain from the insights provided by evolutionary biology. Written in an exceptionally lucid and entertaining style, this book will be of broad interest to all those who wish to know more about this dread disease.
Download or read book Medicinal Plants and Its Therapeutic Uses written by Birla Kshetrimayum and published by . This book was released on 2017-01-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, different chapters from the different authors have been included which cover biodiversity and conservation of medicinal plants, traditional uses of medicinal plants by various communities for the treatment of diseases, ethnomedicinal, phytochemistry and pharmacology of some selected medicinal plants. The photographs of the some of the species of plants reported in this book were provided. For most of the species, photographs of the entire plant, leaf, stem, seeds, flowers and fruits have been given. It is anticipated that this pioneering work on the medicinal plants will be widely used by professionals, students and herbal healers alike for the conservation, wise use, and revival of plants, indigenous knowledge and future research for the isolation of potential drugs against various diseases.
Download or read book The Handbook of Mummy Studies written by Dong Hoon Shin and published by Springer. This book was released on 2021-10-26 with total page 1171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Owing to their unique state of preservation, mummies provide us with significant historical and scientific knowledge of humankind’s past. This handbook, written by prominent international experts in mummy studies, offers readers a comprehensive guide to new understandings of the field’s most recent trends and developments. It provides invaluable information on the health states and pathologies of historic populations and civilizations, as well as their socio-cultural and religious characteristics. Addressing the developments in mummy studies that have taken place over the past two decades – which have been neglected for as long a time – the authors excavate the ground-breaking research that has transformed scientific and cultural knowledge of our ancient predecessors. The handbook investigates the many new biotechnological tools that are routinely applied in mummy studies, ranging from morphological inspection and endoscopy to minimally invasive radiological techniques that are used to assess states of preservation. It also looks at the paleoparasitological and pathological approaches that have been employed to reconstruct the lifestyles and pathologic conditions of ancient populations, and considers the techniques that have been applied to enhance biomedical knowledge, such as craniofacial reconstruction, chemical analysis, stable isotope analysis and ancient DNA analysis. This interdisciplinary handbook will appeal to academics in historical, anthropological, archaeological and biological sciences, and will serve as an indispensable companion to researchers and students interested in worldwide mummy studies.
Download or read book The Culture Bound Syndromes written by Ronald C. Simons and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 509 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the last few years there has been a great revival of interest in culture-bound psychiatric syndromes. A spate of new papers has been published on well known and less familiar syndromes, and there have been a number of attempts to put some order into the field of inquiry. In a review of the literature on culture-bound syndromes up to 1969 Yap made certain suggestions for organizing thinking about them which for the most part have not received general acceptance (see Carr, this volume, p. 199). Through the seventies new descriptive and conceptual work was scarce, but in the last few years books and papers discussing the field were authored or edited by Tseng and McDermott (1981), AI-Issa (1982), Friedman and Faguet (1982) and Murphy (1982). In 1983 Favazza summarized his understanding of the state of current thinking for the fourth edition of the Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry, and a symposium on culture-bound syndromes was organized by Kenny for the Eighth International Congress of Anthropology and Ethnology. The strong est impression to emerge from all this recent work is that there is no substantive consensus, and that the very concept, "culture-bound syndrome" could well use some serious reconsideration. As the role of culture-specific beliefs and prac tices in all affliction has come to be increasingly recognized it has become less and less clear what sets the culture-bound syndromes apart.
Download or read book The Uses of Style in Archaeology written by Margaret Wright Conkey and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1990 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together essays that illustrate the different uses and interpretations of style in archaeology. Style is a widely discussed and controversial issue, which has always been central for archaeological interpretation. The collection considers the history of style in archaeology, its relationship to the concept of style in art history and how stylistic analyses will differ according to different initial assumptions. The essays show how stylistic interpretation works at different levels and they debate stylistic terminologies and concepts. Although these essays show that there is no unified theory of style, they underline the importance of continuing creative discussion through different themes and individual case studies.
Download or read book The Caste War of Yucat n written by Nelson A. Reed and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the classic account of one of the most dramatic episodes in Mexican history--the revolt of the Maya Indians of Yucatán against their white and mestizo oppressors that began in 1847. Within a year, the Maya rebels had almost succeeded in driving their oppressors from the peninsula; by 1855, when the major battles ended, the war had killed or put to flight almost half of the population of Yucatán. A new religion built around a Speaking Cross supported their independence for over fifty years, and that religion survived the eventual Maya defeat and continues today. This revised edition is based on further research in the archives and in the field, and draws on the research by a new generation of scholars who have labored since the book's original publication 36 years ago. One of the most significant results of this research is that it has put a human face on much that had heretofore been treated as semi-mythical. Reviews of the First Edition "Reed has not only written a fine account of the caste war, he has also given us the first penetrating analysis of the social and economic systems of Yucatán in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries." --American Historical Review "In this beautifully written history of a little-known struggle between several contending forces in Yucatán, Reed has added an important dimension to anthropological studies in this area." --American Anthropologist "Not only is this exciting history (as compelling and dramatic as the best of historical fiction) but it covers events unaccountably neglected by historians. . . . This is a brilliant contribution to history. . . . Don't miss this book." --Los Angeles Times "One of the most remarkable books about Latin America to appear in years." --Hispanic American Report
Download or read book The Anthropology of Disease written by C. G. N. Mascie-Taylor and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1993 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study of disease in human populations provides insight into the relationships between people and their environments. Changing disease patterns reflect the effect of many factors--biological, ecological, and social--and help illuminate the fundamental nature of disease itself. This book discusses the subject from three complementary viewpoints. Dr. Mascie-Taylor sets out to address the causes of disease and considers the influence of biocultural factors on disease patterns and the historical impact on human populations. Dr. Lewis views disease from the perspective of social and medical anthropology. He discusses the social causes of disease and cultural responses. Prof. Kunitz uses modern and historical data from Polynesia to make comparisons between the different patterns of disease in developing countries. The book will interest biological and social anthropologists as well as all those concerned with tropical and community medicine.
Download or read book Introducci n a la antropolog a de la salud la enfermedad y los sistemas de cuidados written by Alvaro Bernalte Benazet and published by LibrosEnRed. This book was released on 2007-06 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Libro introductorio a la antropologia aplicada al campo de la salud, la enfermedad y los sistemas de cuidados. Es una reflexion que surge al hilo de nuestro heterogeneo espacio europeo, en el que convivimos con personas de diversos origenes, predominantemente de Africa, Hispanoamerica y Asia. En este panorama, se hace necesario que nuestros profesionales -en general- y quienes trabajan en el campo de la salud -en particular- sean conscientes de esta multiculturalidad. Debemos conocer la importancia de la cultura, y las diferencias culturales con otros pueblos para poder ser respetuosos con las personas, sus creencias y sus costumbres; y la Antropologia aplicada a este campo nos puede ayudar en esta tarea de comprension y de interaccion. Con este manual introductorio pretendemos que el lector pueda comprender que es la Cultura y que es la Antropologia -desde un punto de vista tanto conceptual como historico-, y su aplicacion, especialmente, en el campo de la salud. En este sentido, nos ocuparemos de los sistemas de cuidados, y reflexionaremos sobre la aplicacion de los metodos etnograficos a la psiquiatria y a la enfermeria.
Download or read book Anthropologie de la maladie written by François Laplantine and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Notes of a Botanist on the Amazon Andes written by Richard Spruce and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mesoamerican Healers written by Brad R. Huber and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Healing practices in Mesoamerica span a wide range, from traditional folk medicine with roots reaching back into the prehispanic era to westernized biomedicine. These sometimes cooperating, sometimes competing practices have attracted attention from researchers and the public alike, as interest in alternative medicine and holistic healing continues to grow. Responding to this interest, the essays in this book offer a comprehensive, state-of-the-art survey of Mesoamerican healers and medical practices in Mexico and Guatemala. The first two essays describe the work of prehispanic and colonial healers and show how their roles changed over time. The remaining essays look at contemporary healers, including bonesetters, curers, midwives, nurses, physicians, social workers, and spiritualists. Using a variety of theoretical approaches, the authors examine such topics as the intersection of gender and curing, the recruitment of healers and their training, healers' compensation and workload, types of illnesses treated and recommended treatments, conceptual models used in diagnosis and treatment, and the relationships among healers and between indigenous healers and medical and political authorities.
Download or read book Susto written by Arthur J. Rubel and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1991-10-10 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Widespread throughout Latin America, susto is a folk illness associated with a broad array of symptoms. This study takes an interdisciplinary approach, looking for explanations of susto in the interaction of social, physiological, and psychological factors.
Download or read book Contemporary Maya Spirituality written by Jean Molesky-Poz and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2009-06-23 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An authoritative study of the indigenous religion still practiced in Guatemala based on extensive original research and participant observation. Jean Molesky-Poz draws on in-depth dialogues with Maya Ajq’ijab’ (keepers of the ritual calendar), her own participant observation, and inter-disciplinary resources to offer a comprehensive, innovative, and well-grounded understanding of contemporary Maya spirituality and its theological underpinnings. She reveals significant continuities between contemporary and ancient Maya worldviews and spiritual practices. Molesky-Poz opens with a discussion of how the public emergence of Maya spirituality is situated within the religious political history of the Guatemalan highlands, particularly the pan-Maya movement. She investigates Maya cosmovision and its foundational principles, as expressed by Ajq’ijab’. At the heart of this work, Ajq’ijab’ interpret their obligation, lives, and spiritual work. Molesky-Poz then explores aspects of Maya spirituality, including sacred geography, sacred time, and ritual practice. She confirms contemporary Maya spirituality as a faith tradition with elaborate historical roots that has significance for individual, collective, and historical lives, reaffirming its own public space and legal right to be practiced.
Download or read book Divination and Healing written by Michael Winkelman and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2004-09 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Divination is an important feature of cultures all over the world. While some may still question the efficacy of divination systems, they continue to serve their communities by diagnosing ailments, prescribing healing treatments, and solving problems. Yet despite their universality, there are relatively few comprehensive studies of divination systems. This volume seeks to fill this gap regarding the use of divination in healing. Here some of the worldÕs leading authorities draw on their own fieldwork and participation in ritual to present detailed case studies, demonstrating that divination rituals can have therapeutic effects. As the contributors examine the systems of knowledge that divination articulates and survey the varieties of divinatory experience, they seek to analyze divination as an epistemological system, as a social process, and as a therapeutic endeavor. While some of their findings reinforce traditional assumptions about the importance of social control, spirit relations, and community support in the divination process, the authors place these considerations within new epistemological frameworks that emphasize the use of alternative modes of knowing. In this wide-ranging volume, readers will find coverage of classic Ifa systems; Buddhist-influenced shamanic practices in the former Soviet Union; the reconciliation of Muslim beliefs and divinatory practices in Thailand; Native American divination used in diagnosis; Maya calendrical divination in Guatemala; mediumistic and chicken oracle divination among the Sukuma of Tanzania; Ndembu divination, focusing on the process of collective healing; and divination among the Samburu (Maasai) of Kenya, featuring dialogues from actual healing sessions. Together, these contributions argue for new perspectives on the study of divination that emphasize not only the epistemological roots of these systems but also their multifaceted therapeutic functions. Divination and Healing is a rich source of both data and insight for scholars of ritual, religion, medical anthropology, and the psychology of altered states of consciousness.
Download or read book Reflections on Human Development written by Mahbub ul Haq and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1995-08-17 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work explores a new development paradigm whose central focus is on human well-being. Increase in income is treated as an essential means, but not as the end of development, and certainly not as the sum of human life. Development policies and strategies are discussed which link economic growth with human lives in various societies. The book also analyzes the evolution of a new Human Development Index which is a far more comprehensive measure of socio-economic progress of nations than the traditional measure of Gross National Product. For the first time, a Political Freedom Index is also presented. The book offers a new vision of human security for the twenty-first century where real security is equated with security of people in their homes, their jobs, their communities, and their environment. The book discusses many concrete proposals in this context, including a global compact to overcome the worst aspects of global poverty within a decade, key reforms in the Bretton Woods institutions of World Bank and IMF, and establishment of a new Economic Security Council within the United Nations.
