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Biomedical Entanglements: Conceptions of Personhood in a Papua New Guinea Society - Person, Space and Memory in the Contemporary Pacific Franziska A. Herbst
Biomedical Entanglements: Conceptions of Personhood in a Papua New Guinea Society - Person, Space and Memory in the Contemporary Pacific
Franziska A. Herbst
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 |