Chapter 8 Links and Further Reading

The Body: Biocultural Perspectives on Health and Illness

Blog Roll and Web Links

Reading anthro blogs is a great way to keep up with the latest developments and discoveries in the field, to get a sense of the most important debates and controversies and as to find out what anthropologists think about world events. There are literally hundreds of blogs maintained by professional anthropologists from all the subfields (a quite comprehensive list can be found at http://anthropologyreport.com/anthropology-blogs-2014/).

  1. Somatosphere (http://somatosphere.net/)

    Somatosphere is a collaborative website covering the intersections of medical anthropology, science and technology studies, cultural psychology, psychology, and bioethics.
  1. Michelle Munyikwa (http://michellemunyikwa.com/blog/)

    Michelle Munyikwa’s blog explores the borderland between medicine and medical anthropology.
  1. Anthro Doula (http://anthrodoula.blogspot.com/)

    Anthro Doula is a blog site hosted by a medical anthropologist that deals with issues involving childbirth, breastfeeding, doulas, feminism, anthropology, public health, women's issues, culture, maternal and child health, vaginas, breasts, lactation, midwives, pregnancy, reproductive health, and more.
  1. Anthropology and Practice (http://anthropologyandpractice.com/)

    The site explores the intersection of anthropology and medical practice.
  1. Society for Medical Anthropology Blog (http://www.medanthro.net/blog/)

    This URL gets you to the main page of the Society for Medical Anthropology, a section of the American Anthropological Association, and the blog posts deal with a variety of topics relevant to medical anthropology.

Other Web Resources

Society for Medical Anthropology: www.medanthro.net/

A glossary of medical anthropology terms: anthro.palomar.edu/medical/glossary.htm

The Oxford Bibliographies site includes an entry on HIV/AIDS:www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780199766567/obo-9780199766567-0129.xml?rskey=7D1JvC&result=51

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Global Health page features updated news stories: www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/index.html?s_cid=cdc_homepage_topmenu_moretopics_005

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