Communication invitée du thèmeLes corps maladesWhy are health and sickness socially patterned across human societies?

If we want to understand why health and sickness are socially patterned across human societies, we need to examine how the socially structured environment becomes embodied. I will describe a framework for research on social-to-biological processes and define two broad sets of mechanisms that may he...

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Hovedforfatter: Kelly-Irving, Michelle
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Udgivet: Bulletins et mémoires de la société d’anthropologie de Paris 2022
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Summary:If we want to understand why health and sickness are socially patterned across human societies, we need to examine how the socially structured environment becomes embodied. I will describe a framework for research on social-to-biological processes and define two broad sets of mechanisms that may help understand how socially structured exposures become embodied: mechanisms of exogenous and endogenous origin. Using empirical examples, I will explain the usefulness of this framework as a tool f...