Wellness beyond words : Maya compositions of speech and silence in medical care /

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This anthropological account of Maya language use in health care in highland Guatemala explores some of the cultural and linguistic factors that can complicate communication in the practice of medicine. Bringing together the analytical tools of linguistic and medical anthropology, the author offers...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Harvey, T. S., 1972-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, [2013]
Temas:
Mayan languages > Guatemala.
Language and medicine > Guatemala.
Oral communication > Guatemala.
Anthropological linguistics > Guatemala.
Mayas > Languages.
Public health > Guatemala.
Language and languages.
Public health.
Medical anthropology.
Social history.
Misinformation.
Language
Public Health
Communication
Anthropology, Medical
Social Conditions
Langues maya-quiché > Guatemala.
Langage et médecine > Guatemala.
Communication orale > Guatemala.
Ethnolinguistique > Guatemala.
Mayas > Langues.
Santé publique > Guatemala.
Langage et langues.
Santé publique.
Anthropologie médicale.
Histoire sociale.
Mésinformation.
languages (study discipline)
language (general communication)
public health.
social history.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Sociolinguistics.
Social history
Medical anthropology
Language and languages
Anthropological linguistics
Language and medicine
Mayan languages
Oral communication
Public health
Social conditions
Guatemala > Social conditions.
Guatemala
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue : Vindication of Voice
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Between Belief and Relief : Apologue of Maya Wellness Seeking In Medias Res
  • The Ethnography of Polyphony : Dialogue of Disciplines (Needful Divigations of Theory)
  • Which One of You Is the Patient? : Heterologues in Health Care
  • The Roar on the Other Side of Speaking : Communicative Collogue, the Wordiness of Wordlessness
  • A Call to Competence : Metalogue (Logos about Logos)
  • Wellness Made Out of Words : Audiologue (Hearing Voices)
  • Vaccinated Voices : Lugubrious Logos (Voices of Lamentation and Vexation)
  • Epilogue : Vital Voices.

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