To Be a Woman Is to Suffer. The Interplay of Illness, Emotion and the Body in Quechua Women's Experiences

Finally I discuss dilemmas that emerge as women work to care for their families in wider social contexts where indigenous knowledge and practices are devalued. Discord between informal and formal systems of care come to the forefront in community settings where health issues are debated. My thesis is elucidated throughout by the voices of women who continually emphasize the significance of female roles and relationships as consequential to experiences of suffering and well-being in contemporary Andean society.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Anthropology

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Hammer, Patricia Jean

Contributors dc:contributor

• Norman E. Whitten

• Women's Studies

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI9717282

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/85302