This pioneering collection uses Paul Rabinow’s concept of biosociality to chart the shifts in social relations and in ideas about nature, biology and identity brought about by developments in biomedicine.
Original empirical essays from across the globe demonstrate how the study of cancer promotes theoretical understandings of the politics and pragmatics..
This book makes a critical examination of how anthropological and other interpretative social science research has been utilized in the field of HIV/A..
This is the first collection of ethnographic studies that critiques diagnosis across multiple categories of disease and illness. Smith-Morris’s Introd..
Capturing the intricacies of health practice within the fascinating context of Andean social history, cultural tradition, community and folklore, this..
This book analyzes Tibetan medicine in the twenty-first century by considering the contemporary reasons that have led to its diversity and asking how ..
This volume brings together leading researchers from a variety of disciplines to examine three areas: health disparities and inequity due to gender, t..
Original empirical essays from across the globe demonstrate how the study of cancer promotes theoretical understandings of the politics and pragmatics..
This is the first collection of ethnographic studies that critiques diagnosis across multiple categories of disease and illness. Smith-Morris’s Introd..
This book makes a critical examination of how anthropological and other interpretative social science research has been utilized in the field of HIV/A..
This book provides a concise and engaging introduction to medical anthropology. It presents competing theoretical perspectives in a balanced fashion, ..
This book examines depression as a widely diagnosed and treated common mental disorder in India and offers a significant ethnographic study of the app..
Drawing on case studies and analyses of key issues in the field, the book highlights the power of anthropological research to illuminate the evolution..