ANTH 238 - Ethnomedicine in Latin America and the Caribbean

Credit(s): 3
Lecture: 3
Non-Lecture: 0
This course takes an anthropological approach to the study of “folk” and “traditional” health beliefs and practices in Latin America and the Caribbean. It will focus on cross-cultural notions of the body, health and illness, and healing practices. This course will also examine the effects of globalization on local conceptions of health, illness, and approaches to healing. Offered fall, odd years.