ANTC61H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Blue Mass, Medical Anthropology, Menopause
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Rebecca did ballet for 7 years, 4th year psychology and health studies major. Vanessa read many books by agatha christie, 4th year anthropology major. Me really enjoy graphic design; photoshop and illustrator. Medical anthropology as comparative science of human behaviour, including management of illness and misfortune. When we act as people who bring in medical scientific knowledge to new communities, we are in some ways colonizing that community. There are many dichotomies and misconceptions about disease and illness. You can have a disease without illness, and illness without disease. Rich webs of meaning and associations have uneven effects on differently situated persons and populations. Blue pill vs. red pill (moerman: college students in na vs. men/women in italy. The meanings are what give people different associations with different things (i. e. different schema and thought patterns/links) Cultural meanings are not in a vacuum ; in interaction with social-structural factors.
