A Reader in Medical Anthropology: Theoretical Trajectories, Emergent Realities

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Byron J. Good (Harvard Medical School, USA) Michael M. J. Fischer (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)

A Reader in Medical Anthropology

Theoretical Trajectories, Emergent Realities

Byron J. Good (Harvard Medical School, USA), Michael M. J. Fischer (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA), Sarah S. Willen (University of Connecticut, USA) , Mary-Jo DelVecchio Good (Harvard Medical School, USA)

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Wiley-Blackwell
14 May 2010

Anthropology; Medical sociology

Series: Wiley Blackwell Anthologies in Social and Cultural Anthropology

A Reader in Medical Anthropology: Theoretical Trajectories, Emergent Realities brings together articles from the key theoretical approaches in the field of medical anthropology as well as related science and technology studies. The editors’ comprehensive introductions evaluate the historical lineages of these approaches and their value in addressing critical problems associated with contemporary forms of illness experience and health care.

Presents a key selection of both classic and new agenda-setting articles in medical anthropology Provides analytic and historical contextual introductions by leading figures in medical anthropology, medical sociology, and science and technology studies Critically reviews the contribution of medical anthropology to a new global health movement that is reshaping international health agendas

Edited by: Byron J. Good (Harvard Medical School USA), Michael M. J. Fischer (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA), Sarah S. Willen (University of Connecticut, USA), Mary-Jo DelVecchio Good (Harvard Medical School, USA)
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 180mm, Spine: 31mm
Weight: 1.025kg
ISBN: 9781405183154
ISBN 10: 1405183152
Series: Wiley Blackwell Anthologies in Social and Cultural Anthropology
Pages: 576
Publication Date: 14 May 2010
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Byron J. Good is Professor of Medical Anthropology, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and Professor in the Department of Anthropology, Harvard University. Michael M. J. Fischer is Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Anthropology and Science and Technology Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Lecturer in the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Sarah S. Willen is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Southern Methodist University. She has been an NIMN Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School and has taught in the Department of Anthropology, Harvard University. Mary-Jo DelVecchio Good is Professor of Social Medicine, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and in the Department of Sociology, Harvard University.

Reviews for A Reader in Medical Anthropology: Theoretical Trajectories, Emergent Realities

The impressive scope of this wonderful reader, drawing on its editors' immense collective experience, offers a marvelous reframing of the foundational debates in twentieth-century medical anthropology, including both the full range of canonical readings but also several texts that should be canonical. It links these debates to a wide range of contemporary work, serving as much as an introduction to the discipline?s future as to its past. ?Lawrence Cohen, University of California, Berkeley This collection is distinctive for its range, depth, and most of all for its taste in theoretical ingenuity and the most compelling, memorable writing in contemporary medical anthropology. ?George Marcus, University of California, Irvine A Reader in Medical Anthropology is uniquely successful in assembling seminal publications representing the century-long history of medical anthropology. It is the first collection to successfully combine the diverse perspectives, epistemologies, and topical interests of contemporary medical anthropology with its intellectual wellsprings. ?Allan Young, McGill University This collection of classic and innovative essays adds lustre and new, surprising facets to the anthropology of medicine. It crystallizes the most important and compelling cultural analysis of human disease and social suffering, personal trauma, and global insecurity. ?Warwick Anderson, University of Sydney