Medical Anthropology

Francine Saillant is Professor of Anthropology at the Université Laval and Editor-in-Chief of the journal Anthropologie et Sociétés.She has conducted research on ethnomedicine, alternative medicine, midwifery, and women’s knowledge of the body. She is now conducting research work on humanitarian action and human rights. Her books include Transformations sociales, genre et santé (with Manon Boulianne, 2003), Identités, vulnérabilités, communautés (with Michèle Clément, 2004), Communautés et socialités (with Éric Gagnon, 2005), and De la responsabilité: Éthique et politique (with Éric Gagnon, 2006). Serge Genest is Professor of Anthropology at the Université Laval. He has conducted research on medical systems in Central and West Africa, in South-East Asia, and in Quebec. He has explored traditional systems of medicine in Africa, the encounter between local medicines and biomedicine, and AIDS. His current work deals with international development and health, as well as the connections between environment and health.

• Notes on Contributors viiiPreface xviAcknowledgments xviiIntroduction: Francine Saillant and Serge Genest xviiiPart I: Perspectives from the Americas 1Chapter 1 Canada 3Section 1Bioscience and Biotechnology Under Ethnographic Surveillance: Where Do Canadian Medical Anthropologists Stand? 3Gilles Bibeau (Université de Montréal), Janice E. Graham (Université de Montréal), and Usher Fleising (University of Calgary) Section 2The Anthropology of Health in Québec: Toward a Blending of Approaches and Methods 23Raymond Massé (Université Laval)Chapter 2 The United States 42Medical Anthropology in the United StatesAruchu Castro (University of Barcelona) and Paul Farmer (Harvard University)Chapter 3 Brazil 58Much More than Medical Anthropology: The Healthy Body and Brazilian IndentityAnnette Leibing (Hamburg University) Chapter 4 Mexico 71Medical Anthropology in Mexico: Recent Trends in Research and EducationMaría Beatriz Duarte-Gómez (National University of Colombia), Roberto Campos-Navarro (Universidad Nacional Autónoma), and Gustavo Nigenda (Escuela Nacional de Anthropologia e Historia)Part II: Perspectives from Europe 87Chapter 5 France 89Medical Anthropology in France: A Healthy DisciplineSylvie Fainzang (Centre de Recherche Médecine, Sciences, Santé et Société)Chapter 6 Spain 103Topographies, Folklore, and Medical Anthropology in SpainJosep M. Comelles (École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris), Enrique Perdiguero (Miguel Hernández University, Spain), and Angel Martínez-Hernáez (Universitat Rovira I Virgili, Spain)Chapter 7 Italy 122Suffering, Politics, Nation: A Cartography of Italian Medical AnthropologyMariella Pandolfi (Université de Montréal) and Gilles Bibeau (Université de Montréal)Chapter 8 Germany 142Medical Anthropology(ies) in GermanyAngelika Wolf (Free University of Berlin), Stefan Ecks (Göttingen, Berkeley, Paris), and Johannes Sommerfeld (University of Hamburg)Chapter 9 The Netherlands 162A Cultural Fascination with Medicine: Medical Anthropology inthe NetherlandsSjaak Van der Geest (University of Amsterdam)Chapter 10 The United Kingdom 183British Medical Anthropology: Past, Present and FutureRonald Frankenberg (University of Manchester)Chapter 11 Switzerland 212Anthropology between Medicine and Society: Swiss Health InterfacesIlario Rossi (University of Lausanne)Part III: Cross-cutting and Thematic Perspectives 231Chapter 12 Gender 233Engendering Medical AnthropologyCarole H. Browner and Carolyn Sargent (Michigan State University)Chapter 13 Politics 252The Politics of Life: Beyond the Anthropology of HealthDidier Fassin (École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales)Conclusion 267Medical Anthropology: Intimations for the FutureMargaret Lock (McGill University)Index 289

"This fascinating and important collection highlights the differences and similarities of recent intellectual traditions within the field of Medical Anthropology as articulated in eleven different countries in the Americas and Europe. It is essential for understanding what the contemporary field is." Peter J. Brown, Professor of Anthropology and Global Health, Emory University"The editors have done excellent work in bringing together the different visions of so many renowned experts in the field."Medische Anthropologie: Tidschrift over Gezondheid Cultuur “In an excellent conclusion, Lock considers medical anthropology’s new location in society’s bodies, whilst it de-essentializes both body and culture.” Journal of Anthropological Research