STUDENT PRIZE PAPER: The Illnesses No Longer Understand: Changing Concepts of Health and Curing in a Rural Mexican Community
1977; Wiley; Volume: 8; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1525/maq.1977.8.2.02a00020
ISSN1937-6219
Autores Tópico(s)Culinary Culture and Tourism
ResumoMedical Anthropology NewsletterVolume 8, Issue 2 p. 5-11 Free Access STUDENT PRIZE PAPER: The Illnesses No Longer Understand: Changing Concepts of Health and Curing in a Rural Mexican Community Kathleen Musante DeWalt, Kathleen Musante DeWalt Kathleen DeWalt is a fourth year graduate student in the Dept of Biocultural Anthropology, Connecticut-Storrs, and in the Social Sciences and Health Services Training Program in the Dept of Community Medicine and Health Care at the U Conn Health Center, Farmington. She received her B.A. in 1971, and her M.A. in 1976, both in Anthropology from Connecticut. The work on which this paper is based was carried out in a village in the municipio of Temascalcingo between January and December 1973, about 11 months in all. She had first worked in the Temascalcingo area in summer 1970, supported by a National Science Foundation undergraduate research grant. In 1971, she began her graduate study in the Dept of Anthropology at Connecticut, but decided to discontinue her studies at that time in order to be with her husband while he carried out his Ph.D. dissertation research on agricultural modernization in Mexico. During this period, however, Ms. DeWalt was able to carry out a preliminary study of her own, which focused on medical behavior and diet. When she returned from the field, she resumed her studies by entering the Social Sciences and Health Services Doctoral Training Program, located in the Dept of Community Medicine at the U of Connecticut Health Center. Ms. DeWalt has just completed her Ph.D. qualifying examinations at Connecticut, and plans to begin work on her dissertation shortly. Her dissertation will focus on the effects of economic diversification on diet and nutrition in the Temascalcingo area. While the research carried out thus far will serve as background and provide baseline data, she expects to spend an additional 4–6 months in the field in 1977.Search for more papers by this author Kathleen Musante DeWalt, Kathleen Musante DeWalt Kathleen DeWalt is a fourth year graduate student in the Dept of Biocultural Anthropology, Connecticut-Storrs, and in the Social Sciences and Health Services Training Program in the Dept of Community Medicine and Health Care at the U Conn Health Center, Farmington. She received her B.A. in 1971, and her M.A. in 1976, both in Anthropology from Connecticut. The work on which this paper is based was carried out in a village in the municipio of Temascalcingo between January and December 1973, about 11 months in all. She had first worked in the Temascalcingo area in summer 1970, supported by a National Science Foundation undergraduate research grant. In 1971, she began her graduate study in the Dept of Anthropology at Connecticut, but decided to discontinue her studies at that time in order to be with her husband while he carried out his Ph.D. dissertation research on agricultural modernization in Mexico. During this period, however, Ms. DeWalt was able to carry out a preliminary study of her own, which focused on medical behavior and diet. When she returned from the field, she resumed her studies by entering the Social Sciences and Health Services Doctoral Training Program, located in the Dept of Community Medicine at the U of Connecticut Health Center. Ms. DeWalt has just completed her Ph.D. qualifying examinations at Connecticut, and plans to begin work on her dissertation shortly. Her dissertation will focus on the effects of economic diversification on diet and nutrition in the Temascalcingo area. While the research carried out thus far will serve as background and provide baseline data, she expects to spend an additional 4–6 months in the field in 1977.Search for more papers by this author First published: February 1977 https://doi.org/10.1525/maq.1977.8.2.02a00020Citations: 24 Kathleen DeWalt is a fourth year graduate student in the Dept of Biocultural Anthropology, Connecticut-Storrs, and in the Social Sciences and Health Services Training Program in the Dept of Community Medicine and Health Care at the U Conn Health Center, Farmington. She received her B.A. in 1971, and her M.A. in 1976, both in Anthropology from Connecticut. The work on which this paper is based was carried out in a village in the municipio of Temascalcingo between January and December 1973, about 11 months in all. She had first worked in the Temascalcingo area in summer 1970, supported by a National Science Foundation undergraduate research grant. In 1971, she began her graduate study in the Dept of Anthropology at Connecticut, but decided to discontinue her studies at that time in order to be with her husband while he carried out his Ph.D. dissertation research on agricultural modernization in Mexico. During this period, however, Ms. DeWalt was able to carry out a preliminary study of her own, which focused on medical behavior and diet. When she returned from the field, she resumed her studies by entering the Social Sciences and Health Services Doctoral Training Program, located in the Dept of Community Medicine at the U of Connecticut Health Center. Ms. DeWalt has just completed her Ph.D. qualifying examinations at Connecticut, and plans to begin work on her dissertation shortly. Her dissertation will focus on the effects of economic diversification on diet and nutrition in the Temascalcingo area. 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