To Be a Woman Is to Suffer. The Interplay of Illness, Emotion and the Body in Quechua Women's Experiences
Hammer, Patricia Jean
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Description
Title
To Be a Woman Is to Suffer. The Interplay of Illness, Emotion and the Body in Quechua Women's Experiences
Author(s)
Hammer, Patricia Jean
Issue Date
1997
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Norman E. Whitten
Department of Study
Anthropology
Discipline
Anthropology
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Women's Studies
Language
eng
Abstract
Finally I discuss dilemmas that emerge as women work to care for their families in wider social contexts where indigenous knowledge and practices are devalued. Discord between informal and formal systems of care come to the forefront in community settings where health issues are debated. My thesis is elucidated throughout by the voices of women who continually emphasize the significance of female roles and relationships as consequential to experiences of suffering and well-being in contemporary Andean society.
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