{"product_id":"traveling-cultures-and-plants-the-ethnobiology-and-ethnopharmacy-of-human-migrations-9781845453732","title":"Traveling Cultures and Plants: The Ethnobiology","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tThe tremendous increase in migrations and diasporas of human groups in the last decades are not only bringing along challenging issues for society, especially related to the economic and political management of multiculturalism and culturally effective health care, but they are also creating dramatic changes in traditional knowledge, believes and practices (KBP) related to (medicinal) plant use. The contributors to this volume – all internationally recognized scholars in the field of ethnobiology, transcultural pharmacy, and medical anthropology – analyze these dynamics of traditional knowledge in especially 12 selected case studies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tIna Vandebroek, features in Nova's \"Secret Life of Scientists\", answering the question: \u003ci\u003ejust what is ethnobotany\u003c\/i\u003e?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“I was enthusiastic at the prospect of reviewing\u003c\/em\u003e Traveling Cultures and Plants\u003cem\u003e… and my enthusiasm was amply rewarded. Although exploring the well worn theme of traditional medicine and plant pharmacopoeias, this volume navigates away from 'indigenous' cultures and 'native' floras into the virtually unexplored terrain of diaspora healing andethnobotany… this book represents a noteworthy contribution to an area of emerging interest.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Economic Botany\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Tables and Figures\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/b\u003e Medicinal Plants and Cultural Variation across Dominican Rural, Urban, and Transnational Landscapes\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eAndreana L. Ososki\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMichael J. Balick\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDouglas C. Daly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/b\u003e Use of Medicinal Plants by Dominican Immigrants in New York City for the Treatment of Common Health Conditions: A Comparative Analysis with Literature Data from the Dominican Republic\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eIna Vandebroek\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMichael J. Balick\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJolene Yukes\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLevenia Durán\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFredi Kronenberg\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eChristine Wade\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAndreana L. Ososki\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLinda Cushman\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRafael Lantigua\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMiriam Mejía\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLionel Robineau\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/b\u003e Between Bellyaches and Lucky Charms: Revealing Latinos’ Plant-Healing Knowledge and Practices in New York City\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eAnahí Viladrich\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/b\u003e The Changing Scene of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Strategies Due to Migration of Indians from the Asian Subcontinent to the United States\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eUsha R. Palaniswamy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/b\u003e Use of Traditional Herbal Remedies by Thai Immigrant Women in Sweden\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003ePranee C. Lundberg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/b\u003e Medicinal Plant Use by Surinamese Immigrants in Amsterdam, the Netherlands: Results of a Pilot Market Survey\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eTinde van Andel\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCharlotte van ‘t Klooster\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/b\u003e The Use of Home Remedies for Health Care and Well-Being by Spanish-Speaking Latino Immigrants in London: A Reflection on Acculturation\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eMelissa Ceuterick\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIna Vandebroek\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBren Torry\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAndrea Pieroni\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/b\u003e Hackney’s “Ethnic Economy” Revisited: Local Food Culture, Ethnic “Purity”, and the Politico-Historical Articulation of Kurdish Identity\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eSarah Keeler\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/b\u003e A Strange Drug in a Strange Land\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eNeil Carrier\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/b\u003e Traditional Health Care and Food and Medicinal Plant Use Among Historic Albanian Migrants and Italians in Lucania, Southern Italy\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eCassandra L. Quave\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAndrea Pieroni\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 11.\u003c\/b\u003e Plant Knowledge as Indicator of Historical Cultural Contacts: Tanning in the Atlantic Fringe\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eIngvar Svanberg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 12.\u003c\/b\u003e Procurement of Traditional Remedies and Transmission of Medicinal Knowledge among Sahrawi People Displaced in Southwestern Algerian Refugee Camps\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eGabriele Volpato\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAbdalahe Ahmadi Emhamed\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSaleh Mohamed Lamin Saleh\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAlessandro Broglia\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSara di Lello\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tNotes on Contributors\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042973909335,"sku":"9781845453732","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781845453732.jpg?v=1750956469","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/traveling-cultures-and-plants-the-ethnobiology-and-ethnopharmacy-of-human-migrations-9781845453732","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}