| Description |
1 online resource (201 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
Advances in Critical Medical Anthropology, 2
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Advances in critical medical anthropology ; 2.
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| Contents |
Preface; Introduction; 1. Hawaiian Health: A Casualty of History; 2. Managing Identity, Context, and Methods; 3. Complicating Health-Seeking Practices; 4. Variations in Definitions of Health; 5. Remembering Ancestors: Food and Land; 6. Constituting the Hawaiian Body: Resisting and Reinterpreting Health and Control; Conclusion; References; Index; About the Author. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Medical anthropology -- Hawaii.
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Medical anthropology. |
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Hawaii. |
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Public health -- Hawaii.
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Public health. |
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Traditional medicine -- Hawaii.
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Traditional medicine. |
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Hawaiians -- Health and hygiene.
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Hawaiians -- Health and hygiene. |
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Hawaiians. |
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Hawaiians -- Medical care.
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Hawaiians -- Medical care. |
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Hawaiians -- Ethnic identity.
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Hawaiians -- Ethnic identity. |
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Human body -- Social aspects -- Hawaii.
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Human body -- Social aspects. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: McMullin, Juliet. Healthy Ancestor : Embodied Inequality and the Revitalization of Native Hawai'ian Health. Walnut Creek : Left Coast Press, Inc., ©2009 9781598744996 |
| ISBN |
9781598747423 (electronic book) |
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1598747428 (electronic book) |
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