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Record Nr.

UNINA9910252698403321

Autore

Ettorre Elizabeth

Titolo

Health, Culture and Society [[electronic resource] ] : Conceptual Legacies and Contemporary Applications  / / by Elizabeth Ettorre, Ellen Annandale, Vanessa M. Hildebrand, Ana Porroche-Escudero, Barbara Katz Rothman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017

ISBN

3-319-60786-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XVII, 235 p. 3 illus. in color.)

Disciplina

306.461

Soggetti

Medical anthropology

Cultural studies

Social medicine

Feminist anthropology

Medical Anthropology

Cultural Studies

Medical Sociology

Feminist Anthropology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1: Setting the Scene  by Elizabeth Ettorre, Ellen Annandale, Vanessa M. Hildebrand, and Ana Porroche-Escudero -- Chapter 2: Society differentiation & globalisation by Ellen Annandale -- Chapter 3: Self, normativity & embodiment  by Elizabeth Ettorre -- Chapter 4: Production Reproduction & Consumption by Ellen Annandale -- Chapter 5: Kinship, Blood and Alliances by Ana Porroche-Escudero -- Chapter 6: Power, Control & Surveillance by Elizabeth Ettorre -- Chapter 7: Gift-giving, Reciprocity and Exchange by Vanessa M. Hildebrand -- Chapter 8: Afterword by Barbara Katz Rothman.

Sommario/riassunto

This book traces the history of formative, enduring concepts, foundational in the development of the health disciplines. It explores existing literature, and subsequent contested applications. Feminist legacies are discussed with a clear message that early sociological and



anthropological theories and debates remain valuable to scholars today. Chapters cover historical events and cultural practices from the standpoint of ‘difference’; formulate theories about the emergence of social issues and problems and discuss health and illness in light of cultural values and practices, social conditions, embodiment and emotions. This collection will be of great value to scholars of biomedicine, health and gender.