Social and Cultural Lives of Immune Systems Theory and Practice in Medical Anthropology 1st Edition by James M Wilce Jr ISBN 0415310059 9780415310048

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ISBN 10: 0415310059 
ISBN 13: 9780415310048
Author: James M Wilce Jr

Social and Cultural Lives of Immune Systems Theory and Practice in Medical Anthropology 1st Table of contents:

Chapter 1: Introduction: Social and Cultural Lives of Immune Systems In a Semiotic Universe
Part I: Theoretical Perspectives
Chapter 2: Telling Stories: The Health Benefits of Disclosure
Notes
References
Chapter 3: Relating to Our Worlds In a Psychobiological Context: The Impact of Disclosure On Self-Generation and Immunity
Introduction
Immune Symbolism
Recognition and Response Within the Immune System
Conceptions of the Immune System
Expanded Models of Immunity
Harmony of Purpose – The Teleological Coherence Model
Some Implications of Harmony of Purpose
Self-Expression and Health
Evaluating Self-Expression
Self-Expression and Culture
Conclusions
Notes
References
Chapter 4: Metaphors Our Bodyminds Live By
Culture, Images, and Imagination
Metaphor, Minds, and Bodies
“Healthy” Expressive “Release” of Negative Affect: A Cultural Metaphor In Comparative Perspective
An Anthropological Interpretation of Pennebaker’s Findings
Disharmony, Distress, and Coping: Western and Asian Models
Toward a General Model of Narrative Mediation Between Illness, Health, and Sociocultural Context
Conclusion
Notes
References
Chapter 5: “Immune” to Emotion: The Relative Absence of Emotion In PNI, and Its Centrality to Everything Else
Introduction: Reframing
PNI, Social Science and the “Hyphenation” of Disparate Domains
The Question of Emotion
Bridging Concepts
Conclusion
Notes
References
Part II: PNI In the Wild: Anthropological Fieldwork Using Endocrine and Immune Variables
Chapter 6: Childhood Stress: Endocrine and Immune Responses to Psychosocial Events
Introduction
Family and Stress
Stress Response Mechanisms and Theory
Research Design
Study Site
Methods and Field Techniques
Results and Discussion
Stress Response and Illness
Immune Function
Summary and Concluding Remarks
Notes
References
Further Reading
Chapter 7: Cultural Congruity and the Cortisol Stress Response Among Dominican Men
Introduction to the Research Problem: Social Status and Stress
Cultural Consensus and Stress
Summary of the Study
Study Site and Sample
Cultural Context
Methods
Results
Conclusions
Notes
References
Chapter 8: Life Event Stress and Immune Function In Samoan Adolescents: Toward a Cross-Cultural Psychoneuroimmunology
Introduction
Ethnographic Context: Samoa
Methods
Results
Discussion
Future Directions: Toward a Cross-Cultural Psychoneuroimmunology
Notes
References
Part III: Civilization and Its Stressed Discontents: From Individual Stress to Cross-National Comparisons
Chapter 9: The Enigma of Hypertension and Psychosomatic Illness: Lessons for Psychoneuroimmunology from Beyond the Conscious Mind
Introduction
The Traditional View of Emotions and Hypertension, and Accumulating Evidence Against It
Repressed Emotions and Hypertension
Clinical Observations
Psychosocial History and Ethnic Variability
The Protective Value of Hiding Emotions
Psychosocial History and the Treatment of Essential Hypertension
Emotional Support and Physical Illness In Western Societies
The Challenge for the Future
Notes
References
Chapter 10: Cultural Variations In the Placebo Effect: Ulcers, Anxiety, and Blood Pressure
The Placebo Effect
Measuring Placebo Effects
The Case of Ulcer Disease
Variability In Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trials In Ulcer Disease
Accounting for Variability In Placebo Healing Rates
Some Other Conditions and Treatments
The Placebo Effect In Germany and Brazil
Conclusions
Notes
References
Further Reading
Chapter 11: Corporeal Flows: The Immune System, Global Economies of Food, and New Implications for Health
Prologue
Introduction
Incidence of Allergy and Autoimmune Disease
Immune Disorders
Diet, Oral Tolerance, and Alternative Health Traditions
The Global Food Industry, Dietary Changes, and the Immune System
Conclusions and Future Directions In Immuno-Nutrition
Conclusions and Future Questions In the Political Economy of Food
Notes
References
Further Reading
Part IV: Critical Retrospectives
Chapter 12: Stressful Encounters of an Immunological Kind: The Social Dimensions of Psychoneuroimmunology
Whence Experience?
The Incision Quest
“That Art Thou”
Notes
References
Chapter 13: Reflections On Embodiment
Introduction
Embodiment, Agency, and Identity
Placebo Effects: Inscribing the Social World On the Body
From Psychosomatics to Sociophysiology
Psychotherapy As Sociosomatic Praxis
Conclusion: Toward a Medicine of Imagination

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