Biomedical entanglements : conceptions of personhood in a Papua New Guinea society / Franziska A. Herbst.

Author
Herbst, Franziska A. [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
New York : Berghahn, 2017.
Description
xv, 241 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

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    "Biomedical Entanglements is an ethnographic study of the Giri people of Papua New Guinea, focusing on the indigenous population's interaction with modern medicine. In her fieldwork, Franziska A. Herbst follows the Giri people as they circulate within and around ethnographic sites that include a rural health center and an urban hospital. The study bridges medical anthropology and global health, exploring how the 'biomedical' is imbued with social meaning and how biomedicine affects Giri ways of life."--Back cover.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • Ethnography and the fieldwork setting
    • Bunapas health center
    • Technologies of disenchantment-medical pluralism through a series of lenses
    • The web of care relationships
    • Ingenious women-making biomedical reproductive health care meaningful.
    ISBN
    • 9781785332340 ((hardback ; : alk. paper))
    • 1785332341
    LCCN
    2016025398
    OCLC
    968177962
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