Medicine, Culture, and the Body

3 credits · Graduate School

(Also listed as ANTH 3142) Concepts of the human body from historical and cross-cultural perspectives. Exploration of experiences, representations, and medical theories of the body in birth, death, health, and illness in Western and non-Western societies. Comparison of methodologies of anthropology and history. No credit for students who have earned credit for 3142 or HIST 2830 or 5830. [3]