ANTHROP 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Stomach Cancer, Quran, Lymphadenopathy
22 Mar 2017
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No clear biological cause: may be some biological component but no definite cause. Culturally linked to concern with appearance and body weight: 15% body weight below what expected, limited food intake and resistance to maintaining typical body weight, intense fear of gaining weight, biological ramifications ex. Anorexia basically unheard of in the third world until the 90s. Ideals of beauty and body weight: constantly changing and vary from culture to culture, ex. Think marilyn monroe ideal body type in na compared to a model in the 21st century. Ecological/epidemiological approach: environment interacts with culture to influence the cause and spread of health problems, anorexia nervosa results from urbanization, modernization, stressors , Role of poverty, etc: wbm criticized as a system of social control, culture mechanisms for negotiating morality for men and women, culture dimensions of the illness in which particular moralized ideals of body image take center stage. Cross cultural case study: leprosy (also hansen"s disease)
