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This thesis examines the types of health care choices rural people
in Chiapas Soconusco region make within their cultural belief
system and available resources. The utilization of health care
services depends on many variables: personal beliefs, cultural
traditions, availability and access to services, and the financial
means to pay for them. The population in this study identifies
itself as campensenos, or small-scale farmers, and struggle for
survival among large agricultural businesses. By examining the
existing health infrastructure in Chiapas, Mexico, and the
traditional medicinal practices that have established themselves in
this region over time, this study questions the health care choices
people are able to make based on inconsistent availability of
medical resources. While this study is based on a very small sample
of people, it shows a need for further research in this
understudied coastal region of Chiapas.
Introduction to Psychological Anthropology: Critical Writing on
Theoretical Developments and Contemporary Issues provides readers
with a curated collection of articles that introduce the basic
tenets of psychological anthropology. The text presents the basic
history of the discipline, terms, theories, and contributions from
an intellectual movement-the culture and personality movement-that
later became known as the subdiscipline of psychological
anthropology. The reader is organized into two parts. The first
part explores two separate disciplines, anthropology and
psychology, and how they eventually merged into the subdiscipline
of psychological anthropology. The second part focuses on
contemporary psychological issues throughout the human lifespan. It
touches on subjects such as notions of self and personhood,
childrearing, emotions, mental health and mental illness, aging,
and death. Introduction to Psychological Anthropology not only
explains a subdiscipline with a complicated and at times
controversial history, but also explores the delicate cognitive
parts of what makes us human and enables us to live in complicated
social systems. The reader is ideal for introductory courses within
the discipline.
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