ANTHROP 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Arthur Kleinman, Talcott Parsons, Humorism
21 Feb 2019
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Impact on advertising on constructions of hegemonic femininity. Disease, illness, sickness and adopt a biocultural approach to health. Ethno-medicine cross cultural study of health and health systems. Sickness a social role e. g. talcott parsons" sick role we have expectations of sick people needs illness/disease that is considered socially acceptable . Works for who, hospitals to understand patient needs and responses to health issues and he argues that medical doctors often ignore or misunderstand role of culture in shaping illness. Structural suffering poverty the cause of high infant mortality rates. Explanatory models for why we get sick are products of culture. Most sick people excess heat and moisture (fever, sweating, cough) What wouldn"t qualify all cancers, heart disease, stroke these ailments occur. Syndromes like susto, retired husband syndrome, etc. are culture specific. Culturally linked to concern with appearance and body weight. Major css of the west : anorexia nervosa and bulimia.
