Anthropology Faculty Publications and Presentations

Bonesetting and Radiography in the Southern Maya Highlands

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Article

Publication Date

10-2004

Abstract

Maya bonesetters and their clients have been affected by the entry of radiographic technology into highland Guatemala. Bonesetters rely on a form of embodied knowledge to perform their manual work, the kind of knowledge X-rays threaten to supersede. This article examines how Maya bonesetters are meeting this challenge to their legitimacy and how they are positioning themselves pragmatically within a world of changing biomedical resources and contested health knowledge.

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https://www.tandfonline.com/share/XZE9QKSTUHZCFJF4VQNK?target=10.1080/01459740490506934

Publication Title

Medical Anthropology

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1080/01459740490506934

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