Medical Pluralism in the Andes / Edition 1

by Christine Greenway, Joan D. Koss-Chioino, Thomas Leatherman

Overview

Medical Pluralism in the Andes is the first major collection of anthropological approaches to health in the Andes for over twenty years. Written in tribute to Libbet Crandon Malamuds pioneering work on Andean medicine, this readable, extensively illustrated and instructive book reflects the diversity of approaches in medical anthropology that have evolved during the past two decades. Capturing the intricacies of health practice within the context of Andean social history, cultural tradition, community and folklore, this is a remarkable and intimate chronicle of Andean culture and everyday life, which will appeal across a wide range of readers, from professional anthropologists to those interested in alternative medicines.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415299183
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/24/2002
Series:	Theory and Practice in Medical Anthropology and International Health Ser.
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Joan Koss-Chioino is Professor of Anthropology and affiliate of the Women's Studies Department at Arizona State University. She is also Visiting Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology at Tulane Medical Center in New Orleans, Research Professor of Psychology at George Washington University, and author of Women as Healers, Women as Patients (1992) and Working with Latino Youth (1999). Thomas Leatherman is Professor and Chair in the Department of Anthropology at the University of South Carolina, Columbia. Christine Greenway is affiliated with the University of Washington.

Table of Contents

Foreword June Nash List of Contributors Preface Introduction: Andean Medical Studies and the Contribution of Libbet Crandon-Malamud 1. The Andean Context Ann Miles and Tom Leatherman 2. Ethnography and the Person: A Reflection on Libbet Crandon's Andean Fieldwork Joan Koss-Chiono 3. Changing Times, Changing Symptoms: The Effects of Modernization on Mestizo Medicine in Rural Bolivia Libbet Crandon 4. Contributions to a Critical Analysis of Medical Pluralism: An Examination of the Work of Libbet Crandon-Malamud Hans Baer Section One: Choices, Changing Times and Medical Pluralism Introduction 5. Setting it Straight in the Andes: Musculoskeletal Distress and the Role of the Componedor Kathryn Oths 6. Healing Soul Loss: The Negotiation of Identity in Peru Christine Greenway 7. Healers as Entrepreneurs: Constructing an Image of Legitimized Potency in Urban Ecuador Ann Miles Section Two: Andean Bodies - Metaphors and Medicine Introduction 8. Ethnomedicine and Enculturation in the Andes of Ecuador Lauris McKee 9. Food, Health and Identity in a Rural Andean Community Margaret Graham 10. Sucking Blood or Snatching Fat: Chaga's Disease in Bolivia Joseph Bastien Section Three: Gender, Power and Health Introduction 11. Why Sobreparto?: Women's Health, Work and Reproduction in Two Districts of Southern Peru Ann Larme and Tom Leatherman 12. Illness Management, Social Alliance and Cultural Identity in Quito Ecuador Laurie Price 13. Anthropology and Shamanism: Image and Practice in Peru Bonnie Glass-Coffin

Editorial Reviews

'The great strength of the book, rare in an edited volume, is the coherence at the heart of these collected essays.' - Mountain Research and Development, Vol 24.

'Given the book's inclusion of multifaceted data on the Andes, the text's breadth, and the clear and engaging style in which the essays are written ... this text makes good reading for graduate students and undergraduate students alike in anthropology.' - Mountain Research and Development, Vol 24.

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