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Body Multiple(2003) MOL, ANNEMARIEDrawing on fieldwork in a Dutch university hospital, this title looks at the day-to-day diagnosis and treatment of atherosclerosis. It focuses on medical anthropology, sociology, feminist theory, philosophy, and science and technology studies to reframe sVezava: Mehka33,25 € -
Earliest Europeans - A Year in the Life(2020) HOSFIELD, ROBERTThe Earliest Europeans explores the early origins of man in Europe through the perspective of ‘a year in the life’, moving through the seasons to see what the evidence for early man in the Lower Palaeolithic tells us about how they survived, their behavioVezava: Mehka43,35 € -
Configuring Contagion(2022)Expanding our understanding of contagion further than typical notions of infection and pandemics, this book widens the field to include biosocial epidemics. The chapters propose varied and detailed answers to questions about the epidemic and contagious poVezava: Trda170,54 € -
History of Anthropological Theory, Sixth Edition(2021) ERICKSON, PAUL A.,MURPHY, LIAMThe sixth edition of this bestselling text offers a concise history of anthropological theory from antiquity to the twenty-first century, with new and significantly revised sections that reflect the current state of the field.Vezava: Mehka65,63 € -
Medicalising Borders(2021)Foci and vectors of communicable diseases are testing the efficacy of medical control at state borders. By drawing on the interdisciplinary expertise of a network of researchers the book demonstrates that current border security regimes of Western statesVezava: Trda136,80 € -
Global Health and the New World Order(2020)What does global health stem from, when is it born and how does it relate to the contemporary world order? In this book, historians and anthropologists tackle these questions by exploring the transnational circulation of drugs, bugs, therapies, biomedicalVezava: Trda129,20 € -
Descending with Angels(2019) SUHR, CHRISTIANThis book and award-winning film provide a unique account of the invisible dynamics of possession and psychosis, and how Muslim patients are transformed through the treatments offered by mosques and the psychiatric institutions of European nation-states.Vezava: Trda16,73 € -
Near Human(2021) SVENDSEN, METTE N.Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork carried out on farms, in animal-based experimental science, and in hospitals, Mette Svendsen redirects the question of ""what it means"" to be human to ""what it takes"" to be human and to forge a nation.Vezava: Mehka53,45 € -
AIDS in the Shadow of Biomedicine(2020) NIEHAUS, ISAKAn in-depth ethnographic exploration of how the AIDs pandemic has played out at a local level in South Africa, revealing the importance of understanding culture for shaping effective strategies of AIDs treatment.Vezava: Mehka33,25 € -
From Here to Eternity - Travelling the World to Find the Good Death(2019) CAITLIN DOUGHTYVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Preventing Dementia?(2020)The conceptualization of dementia has changed dramatically in recent years with the claim that, through early detection and by controlling several risk factors, a prevention of dementia is possible. This volume looks at how this new conceptualization ignoVezava: Trda184,32 € -
Making Bodies Kosher(2019) KASSTAN, BENIntegrates archival and ethnographic material to explore healthcare concerns over time Original study of Haredi Jews in the UK, whereas most focus on Israel or the USA Explores the continuum of maternity care & child health in a ‘hard to reach’ minoriVezava: Trda170,54 € -
Birth as an American Rite of Passage(2022) DAVIS-FLOYD, ROBBIE (RICE UNIVERSITY)This book reexamines the "standard" procedures used to "manage" American childbirth, identifying non-evidence-based obstetric interventions as rituals enacting core values of the American technocracy. This new edition brings together new data with Davis-FVezava: Mehka74,12 € -
Illness(2018) CAREL, HAVIWhat is illness? How do the physical, social and emotional worlds of a person change when they become ill? Can there be well-being within illness? Carel explores these questions by weaving together the personal story of her own illness with reflections drVezava: Mehka64,61 € -
Covid-19 Reader(2020)This reader offers the most important writing to date from the science of COVID-19 and what science says for its spread and social implications. With carefully selected chapters for an introductory or graduate student readership by a distinguished medicalVezava: Mehka38,48 € -
Theoretical Approaches in Bioarchaeology(2020)Theoretical Approaches in Bioarchaeology emphasizes how several different theoretical perspectives can be used to reconstruct the biocultural experiences of humans in the past.Vezava: Mehka74,12 €
