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” biomedical and complimentary and alternative (CAM) health beliefs and practices in Latin America and the Caribbean. It focuses on cross-cultural notions of the body, health and illness, and healing practices. This course also examines the effects of globalization on local conceptions of health, illness, and approaches to healing

Offered: Not on a Regular Basis