{"product_id":"indigenous-peoples-and-diabetes-community-empowerment-and-wellness-ethnographic-studies-in-medical-anthropology-series-9780890895801","title":"Indigenous Peoples and Diabetes: Community Empowerment and Wellness (Ethnographic Studies in Medical Anthropology Series)","description":"\u003cp\u003eIndigenous Peoples and Diabetes is a bold attempt to reframe the meaning of diabetes mellitus as a socio-political disorder from the perspective of Indigenous Peoples  community workers  medical anthropologists  and health professionals working and\/or living in North America  Latin America  the Arctic  Australia  and the Indian Ocean. The anthology discusses the effects of social history on the etiology and epidemiology of type 2 diabetes within Indigenous experiences of cultural expansionism and colonial occupation. Indigenous narratives about the right to food  health  emotional experience  and the importance of networks of solidarity provide reflective critiques on community wellness  empowering individuals to regain control of their health  spiritual knowledge  and emotional liberty. The book is a paradigm-breaking endeavor because it challenges the widespread assumption that Indigenous Peoples all over the planet are inherently susceptible to sicken and die from degenerative ailments such as diabetes because of their faulty genotype  poor dietary habits  and sedentary lifestyle. Instead  the creative assemblage of chapters shifts the medical gaze from a potentially diseased body to a diseased colonial and post-colonial history of genocide practiced against Indigenous Peoples to this day. Innovative programs to combat the diabetes epidemic and promote physical and emotional wellness are discussed in detail  such as the Mino-Miijim Good Food for the Future program on the White Earth Reservation in Minnesota; the Kahnawake School Diabetes Prevention Project developed in the Kanienkeha:ka (Mohawk) community of Kahnawake  near Montreal  Canada; and the Cultural Rebuilding Project at the Potawot Health Village in northern California. The authors are inspired by a strong commitment to a liberation medicine and to the belief that access to good food  respect for cultural traditions  and integrative therapies are basic human rights. This book is part of the Ethnographic Studies in Medical Anthropology Series  edited by Pamela J. Stewart and Andrew Strathern  Department of Anthropology  University of Pittsburgh. \"Extremely valuable for anybody who is interested in health issues of indigenous peoples in North America an important addition to the ethnographic literature.\"  North Dakota Quarterly \"An innovative and important attempt to reframe the meaning of diabetes as a sociopolitical pathology among indigenous peoples.\"  CHOICE Magazine\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45652915454005,"sku":"ByrdShop_0890895805","price":329.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780890895801.jpg?v=1781853219","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/indigenous-peoples-and-diabetes-community-empowerment-and-wellness-ethnographic-studies-in-medical-anthropology-series-9780890895801","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}