essay
Health and illness perceptions of the Chicana
Twice a minority : Mexican American women • St. Louis, Missouri • Published In 1980 • Pages: 191-207
By: Garcia Manzanedo, Hector, Garcia Walters, Esperanza, Lorig, Kate R..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The discussion in this paper centers around the characteristic features of the women's roles in the family and how these specific roles influence the perceptions, behavior, values, and beliefs of the CHICANA in regard to illness and health, both in Mexico and in the United States (California).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Public health and sanitation
- Preventive medicine
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Medical therapy
- Medical personnel
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Chicanos
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2002
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Social Scientist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 2001
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1970-1977
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1970s
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- California, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Hector Garcia Manzanedo, Esperanza garcia walters, and Kate R. Lorig
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 206-207)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 80011177
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mexican Americans