Sociology 3370F/G Lecture 1: Week 1

• School: Western University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: Sociology 3370F/G
• Professor: Ana Ning

Document Summary

Central themes of course: relationship between health, sickness, healing and society: cross-cultural examples, cultural universality re: sickness, disability and death, yet individual understandings and responses to sickness are shaped by historical and social factors. Everyone has di erent remedies for ridding the common cold (over the counter meds, oj, tea, rest, sleep, hot shower, etc) Hot and cold healing (imbalance in the body) Cold = an increase of cold energy in the body some may say do not take oj because it is also a cold substance, you must take a hot substance to counterbalance the cold. All about having a balance of hot and cold in the body, di erent substances are either hot or cold based on these beliefs. Di erent body types are ideal based on cultural standards: lean = healthy in western culture, curvy and more full gured = a sign of wealth and health in african countries.