03273nam 2200853 450 991082874060332120200917151656.010.1515/9781785332357(CKB)3710000001123463(MiAaPQ)EBC4452096(DE-B1597)636874(DE-B1597)9781785332357(EXLCZ)99371000000112346320170407h20172017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierBiomedical entanglements conceptions of personhood in a Papua New Guinea society /Franziska A. HerbstNew York ;Oxford, [England] :Berghahn Books,2017.©20171 online resource (258 pages) illustrations, tablesPerson, Space and Memory in the Contemporary Pacific1-78533-234-1 1-78533-235-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Ethnography and the fieldwork setting -- Bunapas health center -- Technologies of disenchantment-medical pluralism through a series of lenses -- The web of care relationships -- Ingenious women-making biomedical reproductive health care meaningful.Biomedical Entanglements is an ethnographic study of the Giri people of Papua New Guinea, focusing on the indigenous population’s interaction with modern medicine. In her fieldwork, Franziska A. Herbst follows the Giri people as they circulate within and around ethnographic sites that include a rural health center and an urban hospital. The study bridges medical anthropology and global health, exploring how the ‘biomedical’ is imbued with social meaning and how biomedicine affects Giri ways of life.Person, space and memory in the contemporary Pacific.Public healthSocial aspectsSocial medicinePapua New GuineaPapua New Guineaanthropology.biomedical institutions.biomedical services.biomedical.biomedicine.diagnosis.engaging.ethnographic sites.ethnographic study.ethnography.fieldwork.giri people.global health.health care challenges.health.indigenous population.indigenous populations.medical anthropology.medical conditions.modern medicine.papua new guinea.personhood.realistic.rural health center.rural health.social meaning.social science.tribal cultures.urban hospital.villages.Public healthSocial aspects.Social medicine362.1Herbst Franziska A.1718617MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910828740603321Biomedical entanglements4115705UNINA