The Medicalisation of Incest and Abuse Biomedical and Indigenous Perceptions in Rural Bolivia |
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| Author:
| Borda-Niño-Wildman, Carolina |
| ISBN: | 978-1-351-81090-6 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2017 |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Group
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| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
| List Price: | USD $58.95 |
Book Description:
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Original ethnographical research and first-hand accounts from hospitalised indigenous and peasant women who have experienced intrafamilial sexual violence come together to analyse Andean understandings of medical positivist practices and the psychiatric 'treatment' of incest and gender-based violence.
Original ethnographical research and first-hand accounts from hospitalised indigenous and peasant women who have experienced intrafamilial sexual violence come together to analyse Andean understandings of medical positivist practices and the psychiatric 'treatment' of incest and gender-based violence.