Anthropology in Action

ISSN 0967-201X

Publisher: Berghahn Journals

AiA is a peer-reviewed journal publishing key articles, commentaries, research reports, and book reviews that deal with the use of anthropology in all areas of policy and practice. Recent themes have included identity and movement, anthropology in Denmark, the effects of ethics, and anthropology and activism. Subjects covered by the journal include organizations, HIV/AIDS research, new reproductive technologies, the rights of indigenous peoples, community care and social policy, health, medicine and suffering, education and government policy, museums, place and space, management, ethnicity and violence, and overseas development.

Volume 14, Number 3, Winter 2007
The Location of Culture and Politics in Latin American and Caribbeanist Anthropology. Guest Editors: Catherine Benoît and Raymond Massé

Editorial

Editorial
pp. v-vi(1)
Author: Skinner, Jonathan

Guest Editorial

Mediations of Power in Contemporary Medical Anthropology
pp. 1-5(5)
Author: Brodwin, Paul

Articles

Between Structural Violence and Idioms of Distress: The Case of Social Suffering in the French Caribbean
pp. 6-17(12)
Authors: Massé, Raymond

Vodou, Illness and Models in Haiti: From Local Meanings to Broader Relations of Domination
pp. 18-29(12)
Author: Vonarx, Nicolas

Meaning and Structure in Research in Medical Anthropology
pp. 30-43(14)
Author: Dressler, William W.

Life or Profit?: Structural Violence, Moral Psychology and Pharmaceutical Politics
pp. 44-58(15)
Author: Goldstein, Donna

The Politics of Vodou: Aids, Access to Health Care and the Use of Culture in Haiti
pp. 59-68(10)
Authors: Benoît, Catherine

Book Reviews

Book Reviews
pp. 69-72(4)

Books Received

Books Received
pp. 73-74(2)