INDIGENOUS MEDICINE AS A SOCIAL NORMATIVE INSTRUMENT: THE EXAMPLE OF THE NAVAJO SICK BODY

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Autor(a) principal: Zaballos, Nausica
Data de Publicação: 2019
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.34630/polissema.vi9.3244
Resumo: Traditional medicine can sometimes assign a role of transgressor to the person who shows the signs of illness. Physiological and psychological disorders become symptomatic of a mistake committed by the patient who did not abide by the teachings transmitted in the sacred stories. This carelessness or deliberate transgression enables the illness to manifest itself to the ethnic or religious community the sick person belongs to. An analysis of some Navajo myths featuring the figure of the sick person will show that Navajo etiology and traditional therapeutics are based on two phenomena: the acknowledgment of the existence of sociosomas (illnesses resulting from a conflictive interaction with the cosmos) and exclusion or inclusion patterns. Lastly, a reflection on the integration of traditional therapeutics into what can be labelled mainstream or Anglo medicine will try to show that the Navajo patient is more than often considered as a deviant individual who proves unable to respect any norms, be they traditional or Anglo. 
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spelling INDIGENOUS MEDICINE AS A SOCIAL NORMATIVE INSTRUMENT: THE EXAMPLE OF THE NAVAJO SICK BODYLA MEDECINE INDIGENE COMME INSTRUMENT NORMATIF SOCIAL: L’EXEMPLE DU CORPS MALADE NAVAJONormecorpsfrontièresmesurethérapeutiques traditionnellesNavajo medical practitionerstransgressiontraditional healingsympathetic magicTraditional medicine can sometimes assign a role of transgressor to the person who shows the signs of illness. Physiological and psychological disorders become symptomatic of a mistake committed by the patient who did not abide by the teachings transmitted in the sacred stories. This carelessness or deliberate transgression enables the illness to manifest itself to the ethnic or religious community the sick person belongs to. An analysis of some Navajo myths featuring the figure of the sick person will show that Navajo etiology and traditional therapeutics are based on two phenomena: the acknowledgment of the existence of sociosomas (illnesses resulting from a conflictive interaction with the cosmos) and exclusion or inclusion patterns. Lastly, a reflection on the integration of traditional therapeutics into what can be labelled mainstream or Anglo medicine will try to show that the Navajo patient is more than often considered as a deviant individual who proves unable to respect any norms, be they traditional or Anglo. La médecine traditionnelle indigène peut parfois se poser comme un instrument normatif désignant le malade comme celui qui transgresse l’ordre établi par les ancêtres sacrés et permet à la maladie d’advenir. Un tiers malveillant ou un sorcier peuvent également être les causes du désordre physiologique et moral du corps social communautaire. L’étiologie navajo repose sur deux phénomènes : l’existence de sociosomas (troubles liés à une mauvaise relation à l’entourage) et de mouvements d’exclusion ou d’inclusion du corps étranger, de la conduite déviante. L’étude de la figure du malade dans les mythes soulignera l’aspect normatif des thérapeutiques navajo. Enfin, une réflexion sur la justification idéologique de l’intégration des pratiques ancestrales au protocole de soin montrera dans quelle mesure la collaboration entre praticiens traditionnels et personnels de santé contribue à stigmatiser le malade comme l’épitome de toutes les déviances : par rapport à la tradition mais aussi au modèle social dominant.Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração do Porto2019-07-03info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.34630/polissema.vi9.3244https://doi.org/10.34630/polissema.vi9.3244POLISSEMA – ISCAP Journal of Letters; No. 9 (2009); 233-248POLISSEMA – Revista de Letras do ISCAP; Núm. 9 (2009); 233-248POLISSEMA; No 9 (2009); 233-248POLISSEMA – Revista de Letras do ISCAP; N.º 9 (2009); 233-2482184-710X1645-1937reponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAPporhttps://parc.ipp.pt/index.php/Polissema/article/view/3244https://parc.ipp.pt/index.php/Polissema/article/view/3244/1136Direitos de Autor (c) 2009 POLISSEMA – Revista de Letras do ISCAPinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessZaballos, Nausica2024-02-01T20:17:52Zoai:oai.parc.ipp.pt:article/3244Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T16:00:56.079730Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv INDIGENOUS MEDICINE AS A SOCIAL NORMATIVE INSTRUMENT: THE EXAMPLE OF THE NAVAJO SICK BODY
LA MEDECINE INDIGENE COMME INSTRUMENT NORMATIF SOCIAL: L’EXEMPLE DU CORPS MALADE NAVAJO
title INDIGENOUS MEDICINE AS A SOCIAL NORMATIVE INSTRUMENT: THE EXAMPLE OF THE NAVAJO SICK BODY
spellingShingle INDIGENOUS MEDICINE AS A SOCIAL NORMATIVE INSTRUMENT: THE EXAMPLE OF THE NAVAJO SICK BODY
Zaballos, Nausica
Norme
corps
frontières
mesure
thérapeutiques traditionnelles
Navajo medical practitioners
transgression
traditional healing
sympathetic magic
title_short INDIGENOUS MEDICINE AS A SOCIAL NORMATIVE INSTRUMENT: THE EXAMPLE OF THE NAVAJO SICK BODY
title_full INDIGENOUS MEDICINE AS A SOCIAL NORMATIVE INSTRUMENT: THE EXAMPLE OF THE NAVAJO SICK BODY
title_fullStr INDIGENOUS MEDICINE AS A SOCIAL NORMATIVE INSTRUMENT: THE EXAMPLE OF THE NAVAJO SICK BODY
title_full_unstemmed INDIGENOUS MEDICINE AS A SOCIAL NORMATIVE INSTRUMENT: THE EXAMPLE OF THE NAVAJO SICK BODY
title_sort INDIGENOUS MEDICINE AS A SOCIAL NORMATIVE INSTRUMENT: THE EXAMPLE OF THE NAVAJO SICK BODY
author Zaballos, Nausica
author_facet Zaballos, Nausica
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Zaballos, Nausica
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Norme
corps
frontières
mesure
thérapeutiques traditionnelles
Navajo medical practitioners
transgression
traditional healing
sympathetic magic
topic Norme
corps
frontières
mesure
thérapeutiques traditionnelles
Navajo medical practitioners
transgression
traditional healing
sympathetic magic
description Traditional medicine can sometimes assign a role of transgressor to the person who shows the signs of illness. Physiological and psychological disorders become symptomatic of a mistake committed by the patient who did not abide by the teachings transmitted in the sacred stories. This carelessness or deliberate transgression enables the illness to manifest itself to the ethnic or religious community the sick person belongs to. An analysis of some Navajo myths featuring the figure of the sick person will show that Navajo etiology and traditional therapeutics are based on two phenomena: the acknowledgment of the existence of sociosomas (illnesses resulting from a conflictive interaction with the cosmos) and exclusion or inclusion patterns. Lastly, a reflection on the integration of traditional therapeutics into what can be labelled mainstream or Anglo medicine will try to show that the Navajo patient is more than often considered as a deviant individual who proves unable to respect any norms, be they traditional or Anglo. 
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