Biomedical entanglements: conceptions of personhood in a papua new guinea society
Auteur :
Herbst, Franziska A.
Éditeur :
Berghahn Books
ISBN :
9781789208221
Date de publication :
1 juil. 2020
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
An ethnographic study of the Giri people of Papua New Guinea. Focuses on the indigenous population’s interaction with modern medicine. Bridges medical anthropology and global health, exploring how the ‘biomedical’ is imbued with social meaning and how biomedicine affects Giri ways of life.