Medical Pluralism in the Andes is the first major collection of anthropological approaches to health in the Andes for over twenty years. Written in tribute to Libbet Crandon Malamuds pioneering work on Andean medicine, this readable, extensively illustrated and instructive book reflects the diversity of approaches in medical anthropology that have evolved during the past two decades. Capturing the intricacies of health practice within the context of Andean social history, cultural tradition, community and folklore, this is a remarkable and intimate chronicle of Andean culture and everyday life, which will appeal across a wide range of readers, from professional anthropologists to those interested in alternative medicines.
Author(s): Koss-Chioino
Year: 2002
Language: English
Pages: 288
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
List of illustrations......Page 10
List of contributors......Page 12
Foreword......Page 16
Preface......Page 18
Introduction: Andean medical studies and the contribution of Libbet Crandon-Malamud......Page 22
Perspectives on medical anthropology in the Andes......Page 24
Ethnography and the person: reflections on Libbet Crandon's fieldwork in Bolivia......Page 37
Changing times and changing symptoms: the effects of modernization on mestizo medicine in rural Bolivia (the case of two mestizo sisters)......Page 48
Contributions to a critical analysis of medical pluralism: an examination of the work of Libbet Crandon-Malamud......Page 63
Choices, changing times, and medical pluralism......Page 82
Setting it straight in the Andes: musculoskeletal distress and the role of the componedor......Page 84
Healing soul loss: the negotiation of identity in Peru......Page 113
Healers as entrepreneurs: constructing an image of legitimized potency in urban Ecuador......Page 128
Andean bodies: metaphors and medicine......Page 150
Ethnomedicine and enculturation in the Andes of Ecuador......Page 152
Food, health, and identity in a rural Andean community......Page 169
Sucking blood or snatching fat: Chagas' disease in Bolivia......Page 187
Gender, power, and health......Page 210
Why sobreparto?: women's work, health, and reproduction in two districts in southern Peru......Page 212
Illness management, social alliance, and cultural identity in Quito, Ecuador......Page 230
Anthropology and Shamanism: bottom-line considerations in image and practice......Page 255
Index......Page 272
