Health, Culture and Society : Conceptual Legacies and Contemporary Applications

• Main Authors: Ettorre, Elizabeth (Author), Annandale, Ellen (Author), Hildebrand, Vanessa M. (Author), Porroche-Escudero, Ana (Author), Rothman, Barbara Katz (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Feminist anthropology.; Medical anthropology.; Cultural studies.; Social medicine.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9783319607863
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-60786-3
• Physical Description: XVII, 235 p. 3 illus. in color. online resource.

This book traces the history of formative, enduring concepts, foundational in the development of the health disciplines. It explores existing literature, and subsequent contested applications. Feminist legacies are discussed with a clear message that early sociological and anthropological theories a...