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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
Published Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, [2013]

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Contents Prologue : Vindication of Voice -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Between Belief and Relief : Apologue of Maya Wellness Seeking In Medias Res -- The Ethnography of Polyphony : Dialogue of Disciplines (Needful Divigations of Theory) -- Which One of You Is the Patient? : Heterologues in Health Care -- The Roar on the Other Side of Speaking : Communicative Collogue, the Wordiness of Wordlessness -- A Call to Competence : Metalogue (Logos about Logos) -- Wellness Made Out of Words : Audiologue (Hearing Voices) -- Vaccinated Voices : Lugubrious Logos (Voices of Lamentation and Vexation) -- Epilogue : Vital Voices
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, the author offers a rare comparative glimpse into Maya intra-cultural therapeutic and cross-cultural biomedical interactions. -- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Mayan languages -- Guatemala
Language and medicine -- Guatemala
Oral communication -- Guatemala
Anthropological linguistics -- Guatemala
Mayas -- Languages
Public health -- Guatemala
Language and languages.
Public health.
Medical anthropology.
Social history.
Misinformation.
Language
Public Health
Communication
Anthropology, Medical
Social Conditions
languages (study discipline)
language (general communication)
public health.
social history.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Sociolinguistics.
Social history
Medical anthropology
Language and languages
Anthropological linguistics
Language and medicine
Mayan languages
Oral communication
Public health
Social conditions
SUBJECT Guatemala -- Social conditions
Guatemala
Subject Guatemala
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2012035739
ISBN 9780826352750
0826352758
1283959976
9781283959971