Medical Anthropology Quarterly has published a special issue, edited by Dominique P. Béhague and Kenneth MacLeish, featuring articles that “examine diverse incarnations of what might be called …
The Journal of Medical Humanities has released a special issue, edited by Gráinne O’Connell, that “analyses the relevance, or possible critiques, of ‘post-AIDS’ rhetoric and global health…
Social Science & Medicine has published a special issue called “Behind the Measures of Maternal Health, Ethnographic Accounts of Inventory and Intervention,” edited by Jan Brunson and…
American Anthropologist (Open Access) Machine Sky: Social and Terrestrial Engineering in a Chinese Weather SystemJerry C. Zee This article explores Chinese environmental politics as a complex s…
Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry The Disenchanted Self: Anthropological Notes on Existential Distress and Ontological Insecurity Among ex-Mormons in Utah (open access)E. Marshall Brooks This p…
Health, Risk & Society Risk and preventing perinatal HIV transmission: uncovering the social organisation of prenatal care for women living with HIV in Ontario, Canada Allyson Ion , Saara Gree…
Anthropology & Medicine Contested legitimacy for anthropologists involved in medical humanitarian action: experiences from the 2014-2016 West Africa Ebola epidemic (open access)Shelley Lees, J…
New Genetics & Society has released an open-access special issue titled, “Alzheimer’s disease as post-genomic science.” Edited by Richard Milne and Joanna Latimer, this special issue …
Medical Anthropology Quarterly Corporate Logic in Clinical Care: The Case of Diabetes ManagementLinda M. Hunt, Hannah S. Bell, Anna C. Martinez‐Hume, Funmi Odumosu, Heather A. Howard As large…
Contemporary Drug Problems Resilience in the Face of Victimization: A Bourdieusian Analysis of Dealing With Harms and Hurts Among Street-Involved Individuals Who Smoke Crack Cocaine Katherine R…
March’s issue of East Asian Science, Technology and Society is a themed issue, edited by Catelijine Coopmans & Karen M. McNamara. The theme for this issue is “Care…
Here are some of the articles published in February. Enjoy! Cultural Anthropology (Open Access) Gestures of Care and Recognition: An Introduction Lauren Cubellis This collection of essays …
The 2018 Wenner-Gren Symposium was “Disability Worlds,” and the papers are now available as a Current Anthropology supplement, open-access to all! Here is a PDF of the entire…
Here’s our monthly digest of new journal articles! A special issue of Medical Anthropology on “Aging, Chronicity, and Negotiations of Care” is among the highlights. Happy reading! …
Somatosphere is looking to recruit 3-4 people to assist with our ongoing “In the Journals” feature. “In the Journals” is a monthly roundup of newly-published journal articles. Below,…
Here is the December In the Journals. Among the highlights is a special issue of BioSocieties on Cancer in the Global South. Enjoy! American Anthropologist Shouldering Moral Responsibility:…
October’s issue of Medical Anthropology: Cross-Cultural Studies in Health and Illness is a themed issue, edited by Alejandro Cerón & Jessica Jerome. The articles are “Ethnographic Exp…
Here are some highlights from journals with new issues published in October. Enjoy! Annual Review of Anthropology Physician Anthropologists Claire L. Wendland Physician anthropologists have…
Below you may find this month’s “In the Journals” updates. American Anthropologist Toward an Integrated Anthropology of Infant SleepHelen L. Bell, Cecilia Tomori & James J. …
A short round up this month. This month’s collection will be most valuable for those interested in topics such as: childbirth, immigration and health, disability and Disability Studies,…
The July 2019 issue of Science, Technology & Human Values has a special issue, titled “Emerging Biotechnologies and the Reconfiguration of Mental Health”. The Death of the Clinic?…
I think this month’s articles would be of specific interest for looking to read on topics of risk and health, the politics of standardized evidence, boundaries of science…
Here are a selection of articles from June. The topics include issues of translation in social studies of medicine, access to health care, and many others. American Anthropologist…
Welcome back to In the Journals, a brief look at just a few articles that have been published in previous months on policing, law, and governance. These readings…