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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Harvey, T. S., 1972-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, [2013]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Social conditions.
Public health
Oral communication
Mayan languages
Language and medicine
Anthropological linguistics
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Sociolinguistics.
social history.
public health.
language (general communication)
languages (study discipline)
Histoire sociale.
Anthropologie medicale.
Sante publique.
Langage et langues.
Sante publique > Guatemala.
Mayas > Langues.
Ethnolinguistique > Guatemala.
Communication orale > Guatemala.
Langage et medecine > Guatemala.
Langues maya-quiche > Guatemala.
Social Conditions
Anthropology, Medical
Communication
Public Health
Language
Social history.
Medical anthropology.
Public health.
Language and languages.
Public health > Guatemala.
Mayas > Languages.
Anthropological linguistics > Guatemala.
Oral communication > Guatemala.
Language and medicine > Guatemala.
Mayan languages > Guatemala.
Guatemala
Guatemala > Social conditions.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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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