The Healthy Ancestor : Embodied Inequality and the Revitalization of Native Hawai'ian Health.

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Weaving a complex story of Native Hawai'ian health in its historical, political, and cultural context, Juliet McMullin shows how traditional practices that integrated relationships of caring for the land, the body, and the ancestors are being revitalized both on the islands and in the Indigenou...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McMullin, Juliet
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Walnut Creek : Left Coast Press, 2009.
Colección:Advances in Critical Medical Anthropology, 2.
Temas:
Medical anthropology > Hawaii.
Public health > Hawaii.
Traditional medicine > Hawaii.
Hawaiians > Health and hygiene.
Hawaiians > Medical care.
Hawaiians > Ethnic identity.
Human body > Social aspects > Hawaii.
Santé publique > Hawaii.
Corps humain > Aspect social > Hawaii.
Hawaïens > Santé et hygiène.
Hawaïens > Soins médicaux.
Hawaïens > Identité ethnique.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Hawaiians > Ethnic identity
Hawaiians > Health and hygiene
Hawaiians > Medical care
Human body > Social aspects
Medical anthropology
Public health
Traditional medicine
Hawaii
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface; Introduction; 1. Hawaiian Health: A Casualty of History; 2. Managing Identity, Context, and Methods; 3. Complicating Health-Seeking Practices; 4. Variations in Definitions of Health; 5. Remembering Ancestors: Food and Land; 6. Constituting the Hawaiian Body: Resisting and Reinterpreting Health and Control; Conclusion; References; Index; About the Author.

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