Not offered in 1996; expected to be offered in 1997 or 1998. 16.7 2nd and 3rd years Dr Maurice Eisenbruch. Normally one first year Anthropology subject (12.5 points). Two hours of lectures and a 1-hour tutorial a week. Students completing this subject should:

• have examined anthropological and cross-cultural perspectives on illness, suffering and curing in non-Western societies;
• have engaged in practical projects bearing on the clinical ethnography of South-East Asian concepts of illness and traditional curing systems; and
• have acquired a knowledge of the methods, analytical techniques and theories which medical anthropologists employ in the cross-cultural study of health and illness.

Ethnological study of suffering, illness and healing rituals in South-East Asian cultures. Written work or equivalent totalling 5,000 words.