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The Healthy Ancestor: Embodied Inequality and the Revitalization of Native Hawai'ian Health (Advances in Critical Medical Anthropology)
Juliet McMullin
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paperback. Weaving a complex story of Native Hawai ian health in its historical, political, and cultural context, Juliet McMullin shows how traditional practices that integrated relationships of caring for the land, the body, and the ancestors are being revitalized both on the islands and in the indigenous diaspora." Series: Advances in Critical Medical Anthropology. Num Pages: 200 pages, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL9; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 277.
Native Americans, researchers increasingly worry, are disproportionately victims of epidemics and poor health because they “fail” to seek medical care, are “non-compliant” patients, or “lack immunity” enjoyed by the “mainstream” population. Challenging this dominant approach to indigenous health, Juliet McMullin shows how it masks more fundamental inequalities that become literally embodied in Native Americans, shifting blame from unequal social relations to biology, individual behavior, and cultural or personal deficiencies. Weaving a complex story of Native Hawai’ian health in its historical, political, and cultural context, she shows how traditional practices that integrated relationships of caring for the land, the body, and ... Read more
Native Americans, researchers increasingly worry, are disproportionately victims of epidemics and poor health because they “fail” to seek medical care, are “non-compliant” patients, or “lack immunity” enjoyed by the “mainstream” population. Challenging this dominant approach to indigenous health, Juliet McMullin shows how it masks more fundamental inequalities that become literally embodied in Native Americans, shifting blame from unequal social relations to biology, individual behavior, and cultural or personal deficiencies. Weaving a complex story of Native Hawai’ian health in its historical, political, and cultural context, she shows how traditional practices that integrated relationships of caring for the land, the body, and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Routledge United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Series
Advances in Critical Medical Anthropology
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Walnut Creek, United States
ISBN
9781598745009
SKU
V9781598745009
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About Juliet McMullin
Juliet Marie McMullin is an associate professor of anthropology at the University of California Riverside.
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