Medical Anthropology in Europe - Shaping the Field (Hardcover)

This collection brings together three generations of medical anthropologists working at European universities to reflect on past, current and future directions of the field. Medical anthropology emerged on an international playing ground, and while other recently compiled anthologies emphasize North American developments, this volume highlights substantial ethnographic and theoretical studies undertaken in Europe. The first four chapters trace the beginnings of medical anthropology back into the two formative decades between the 1950s-1970s in Italy, German-speaking Europe, the Netherlands, France and the UK, supported by four brief vignettes on current developments. Three core themes that emerged within this field in Europe - the practice of care, the body politic and psycho-sensorial dimensions of healing - are first presented in synopsis and then separately discussed by three leading medical anthropologists Susan Whyte, Giovanni Pizza and Rene Devisch, complemented by the work of three early career researchers. The chapters aim to highlight how very diverse (and sometimes overlooked) European developments within this rapidly growing field have been, and continue to be. This book will spur reflection on medical anthropology's potential for future scholarship and practice, by students and established scholars alike. This book was originally published as a special issue of Anthropology and Medicine.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2014
First published:	2015
Editors:	Elisabeth Hsu • Caroline Potter
Dimensions:	246 x 174 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	138
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-80800-3
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Human biology & related topics > Medical anthropology
LSN:	1-138-80800-8
Barcode:	9781138808003

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