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A Companion to the Anthropology of Environmental Health

Series: Wiley Blackwell Companions to Anthropology
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A Companion to the Anthropology of Environmental Health is a comprehensive collection of readings that employ a medical anthropological lens to examine the complex relationships between humans and their environments in influencing health and illness globally. It features the latest ethnographic research addressing the multifaceted impacts of the environment on health, as well as how societies affect their environments. Contributions come from an international array of medical anthropologists, conservationists, environmental specialists, public health professionals, clinicians, and social scientists. The volume explores cultural and social transformations linked to environmental and ecological changes worldwide and provides critical insights into theoretical and methodological developments in the anthropology of environmental health, alongside future directions for research in this evolving field.
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Format: Hardback
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A Companion to the Anthropology of Environmental Health presents a collection of readings that utilize a medical anthropological approach to explore the interface of humans and the environment in the shaping of health and illness around the world.

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A Companion to the Anthropology of Environmental Health presents a collection of readings that utilise a medical anthropological approach to explore the interface of humans and the environment in the shaping of health and illness around the world.

Features the latest ethnographic research from around the world related to the multiple impacts of the environment on health and of societies on their environments:

  • Includes contributions from international medical anthropologists, conservationists, environmental experts, public health professionals, health clinicians, and other social scientists
  • Analyses the conditions of cultural and social transformation that accompany environmental and ecological impacts in all areas of the world
  • Offers critical perspectives on theoretical and methodological advancements in the anthropology of environmental health, along with future directions in the field

Series: Wiley Blackwell Companions to Anthropology

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781118786994

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 27 May 2016

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell

Contributors:

  • Edited by Merrill Singer

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 28.0mm

Width: 66.0mm

Height: 246.0mm

Weight: 907g

Pages: 536

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About the Author

Merrill Singer is Professor of Anthropology and Community Medicine at the University of Connecticut. He has published more than 275 articles and book chapters, and authored or edited 29 books. Dr. Singer is a recipient of the Rudolph Virchow Professional Prize, the George Foster Memorial Award for Practicing Anthropology, the AIDS and Anthropology Paper Prize, the Prize for Distinguished Achievement in the Critical Study of North America, the Solon T. Kimball Award for Public and Applied Anthropology from the American Anthropological Association and the AIDS and Anthropology Research Group’s Distinguished Service Award.

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