Biomedical Entanglements: Conceptions of Personhood in a Papua New Guinea Society - Person, Space and Memory in the Contemporary Pacific - Franziska A. Herbst - Books - Berghahn Books - 9781785332340 - October 1, 2016
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Biomedical Entanglements: Conceptions of Personhood in a Papua New Guinea Society - Person, Space and Memory in the Contemporary Pacific

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Biomedical Entanglements is an ethnographic study of the Giri people of Papua New Guinea, focusing on the indigenous population's interaction with modern medicine. The study bridges medical anthropology and global health, exploring how the 'biomedical' is imbued with social meaning and how biomedicine affects Giri ways of life.


264 pages, 4 maps, 14 illustrations

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released October 1, 2016
ISBN13 9781785332340
Publishers Berghahn Books
Pages 258
Dimensions 237 × 161 × 19 mm   ·   498 g
Language English  

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