Diagnosis Narratives and the Healing Ritual in Western Medicine Paperback / softback
by James Meza
Part of the Routledge Studies in Health and Medical Anthropology series
Paperback / softback
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The dominance of "illness narratives" in narrative healing studies has tended to mean that the focus centers around the healing of the individual.
Meza proposes that this emphasis is misplaced and the true focus of cultural healing should lie in managing the disruption of disease and death (cultural or biological) to the individual’s relationship with society.
By explicating narrative theory through the lens of cognitive anthropology, Meza reframes the epistemology of narrative and healing, moving it from relativism to a philosophical perspective of pragmatic realism.
Using a novel combination of narrative theory and cognitive anthropology to represent the ethnographic data, Meza’s ethnography is a valuable contribution in a field where ethnographic records related to medical clinical encounters are scarce.
The book will be of interest to scholars of medical anthropology and those interested in narrative history and narrative medicine.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:258 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:30/06/2020
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- ISBN:9780367588519
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:258 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:30/06/2020
- Category:
- ISBN:9780367588519
