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Author Harvey, T. S., 1972-

Title Wellness beyond words : Maya compositions of speech and silence in medical care / T.S. Harvey.

Publication Info. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2013.

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Description 1 online resource
Physical Medium polychrome
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary "This anthropological account of Maya language use in health care in highland Guatemala explores some of the cultural and linguistic factors that can complicate communication in the practice of medicine. Bringing together the analytical tools of linguistic and medical anthropology, T.S. Harvey offers a rare comparative glimpse into Maya intra-cultural therapeutic and cross-cultural biomedical interactions"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Prologue: Vindication of Voice; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1: Between Belief and Relief: Apologue of Maya Wellness Seeking In Medias Res; 2: The Ethnography of Polyphony: Dialogue of Disciplines (Needful Divigations of Theory); 3: Which One of You Is the Patient?: Heterologues in Health Care; 4: The Roar on the Other Side of Speaking: Communicative Collogue, the Wordiness of Wordlessness; 5: A Call to Competence: Metalogue (Logos about Logos); 6: Wellness Made Out of Words: Audiologue (Hearing Voices).
7: Vaccinated Voices: Lugubrious Logos (Voices of Lamentation and Vexation)Epilogue: Vital Voices; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; Appendix D; Appendix E; Appendix F; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover.
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Subject Mayan languages -- Guatemala.
Mayan languages.
Guatemala.
Language and medicine -- Guatemala.
Language and medicine.
Oral communication -- Guatemala.
Oral communication.
Anthropological linguistics -- Guatemala.
Anthropological linguistics.
Mayas -- Languages.
Mayas.
Language and languages.
Guatemala -- Social conditions.
Social conditions.
Guatemala -- Public health.
Public health.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Harvey, T.S., 1972- Wellness beyond words. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2013 9780826352736 (DLC) 2012035739 (OCoLC)794366610
ISBN 9780826352750 (electronic book)
0826352758 (electronic book)
9780826352736
0826352731