Maya compositions of speech and silence in medical care /
First Statement of Responsibility
T. S. Harvey
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Albuquerque :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
University of New Mexico Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2013
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xii, 243 p. :
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ill. ;
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24 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-240) and index
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"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, T. S. Harvey offers a rare comparative glimpse into Maya intra-cultural therapeutic and cross-cultural biomedical interactions"--