Biomedical Entanglements : Conceptions of Personhood in a Papua New Guinea Society
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
178920822X
ISBN-13
9781789208221
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Imprint
Berghahn Books
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 1st, 2020
Print length
258 Pages
Weight
368 grams
Dimensions
15.20 x 22.80 x 1.70 cms
Product Classification:
Social & cultural anthropology, ethnographyMedical anthropology
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Biomedical Entanglements is an ethnographic study of the Giri people of Papua New Guinea, focusing on the indigenous population’s interaction with modern medicine. 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.
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.
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