why join this class

1. ANP 270 Women and Health:
Anthropological and International Perspectives
• Culture is a learned pattern of
thought and behavior shared by
a social group
• Medicine is embedded in and
understood through a larger
cultural framework
Medical Anthropology
• The application of
anthropological methods to
cultural questions of health,
healing, illness, and disease.

For additional information please contact:
Department of Anthropology, Michigan State University
Instructor: Tazin Daniels
Office: 404 Baker Hall
Email: karimtaz@msu.edu
Dejonia Mitchell
ANP270
MSU
A45200831
Narrative
The stories that
people tell
about their
illness
Experience
The way people
feel, perceive
and live with
illness
Meaning
The ways that
people make
sense of their
illness
Explanatory
models of
health
Descriptions
of healing
Heath
seeking
behaviors
Comparisons
of heath
systems
• Biomedicine
• Biotechnology
• Pharmaceuticals
• Government
• Global Health
• Industry
• Clinical Studies
• The control over bodies and
behaviors through medical
interventions
• The enhancement of bodies and
behaviors through medical
interventions
• The role Media plays in Biomedicine
can be very interactive in the way
doctors treat patients.
Symptom
Examination
Diagnosis
Treatment
• Missing out on an activity
because of your period
• Having an “embarrassing
accident”
• Dealing with menstrual cramps
or other discomforts
• Hearing someone blame your
attitude on your menstrual cycle
• Not being able to reproduce
• Having low chances of
reproducing
• IVF
• Mental mindset