ANTHRO 136M
Medical Anthropology
Description
Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Medical anthropology examines affliction and healing across different cultural and historical contexts. Study of complex interactions between biology, culture, ideology, and society in construction of medical facts. Topics include disability; embodiment; health effects of racism, poverty, and war; humanitarianism; illness narratives; infectious diseases; medicalization; mental health; and organ transplantation. Students gain better grasp of theories and methods of medical anthropology, and ability to critically reflect on their own and others' experiences of disease and healing, as well as on representations of human suffering and medical technologies. P/NP or letter grading.
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