Social and Cultural Lives of Immune Systems

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James MacLynn Wilce
Psychology Press, 2003 - 318 pagina's

Social and Cultural Lives of Immune Systems introduces a provocative new hypothesis in medico-social theory - the theory that immunity and disease are in part socially constituted. It argues that immune systems function not just as biological entities but also as symbolic concepts charged with political significance. Bridging elements of psychology, sociology, body theory, immunology and medical anthropology, twelve papers from leading scholars explain some of the health-hazards of emotional and social pressure, whilst analysing the semiotic and social responses to the imagery of immunity.

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the health benefits of disclosure
19
Metaphors our bodyminds live by 50
50
the relative absence of emotion
82
PART II
103
Cultural congruity and the cortisol stress response among
147
PART III
189
ulcers anxiety
206
the immune system global economies
232
the social
269
Reflections on embodiment
282
Index
303
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