Arvilla Payne‐jackson
Biographic Data
| ID | 120295 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Arvilla Payne‐jackson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Arvilla |
| FAMILY NAME | Payne‐jackson |
| SIGNATURE | JACKSON A P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Howard University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
An Impending Death for Anthropology at Howard University
Keywords: historically black colleges and universities, HBCU, education, higher education
Jamaican Folk Medicine: A Source of Healing
This pioneering work is multi-disciplinary in approach as it examines the rich folk medicine of Jamaica. Payne-Jackson and Alleyne analyse the historical and linguistic aspects of folk medicine, based on their research, which included extensive fieldwork and interviews. They explore the sociological and ethnological dimensions of common healing and health-preserving practices which rely on Jamaica’s rich biodiversity in medicinal and nutritional …
Biomedical and Folk Medical Concepts of Adult Onset Diabetes in Jamaica: Implications for Treatment
Adult onset diabetes is one of the five leading causes of death in Jamaica. Patients report that they are not adequately informed about the nature or the management of their illness. Structured questionnaires, in-depth interviews, free listing, pile sorts, and interactional tapings of doctor-patient appointments were methods used to collect data. Differences in doctor and patient explanatory models and cultural concepts concerning etiology, sympt…
Political Correctness: Issues for Native and Nonnative Evaluators
Functions of Rasta Talk in a Jamaican Creole Healing Narrative: A Bigfoot Dem Gi' Mi
Personal narratives are sites for the negotiation and construction of cultural and linguistic norms, and healing stories recontextualize bodily struggles as social and spiritual conflicts. We argue that a narrative of supernatural illness and cure told in Rasta Talk, a style of Jamaican Creole which is undergoing functional expansion, applies a historical critique of colonialism and racism to the health-care system, while allowing the teller to r…
Folk Wisdom and Mother Wit: John Lee. An African American Herbal Healer
Foreword Introduction Historical Overview of African American Folk Medicine Becoming an Herbalist Diagnostic System Classification of Materia Medica and Illustrations Herbal Repertoire Appendix References Index
Functions of Rasta Talk in a Jamaican Creole Healing Narrative: A Bigfoot Dem Gi' Mi
Personal narratives are sites for the negotiation and construction of cultural and linguistic norms, and healing stories recontextualize bodily struggles as social and spiritual conflicts. We argue that a narrative of supernatural illness and cure told in Rasta Talk, a style of Jamaican Creole which is undergoing functional expansion, applies a historical critique of colonialism and racism to the health-care system, while allowing the teller to r…
Biomedical and Folk Medical Concepts of Adult Onset Diabetes in Jamaica: Implications for Treatment
Adult onset diabetes is one of the five leading causes of death in Jamaica. Patients report that they are not adequately informed about the nature or the management of their illness. Structured questionnaires, in-depth interviews, free listing, pile sorts, and interactional tapings of doctor-patient appointments were methods used to collect data. Differences in doctor and patient explanatory models and cultural concepts concerning etiology, sympt…
An Impending Death for Anthropology at Howard University
Keywords: historically black colleges and universities, HBCU, education, higher education
Folk Wisdom and Mother Wit: John Lee. An African American Herbal Healer
Foreword Introduction Historical Overview of African American Folk Medicine Becoming an Herbalist Diagnostic System Classification of Materia Medica and Illustrations Herbal Repertoire Appendix References Index
Functions of Rasta Talk in a Jamaican Creole Healing Narrative: A Bigfoot Dem Gi' Mi
Personal narratives are sites for the negotiation and construction of cultural and linguistic norms, and healing stories recontextualize bodily struggles as social and spiritual conflicts. We argue that a narrative of supernatural illness and cure told in Rasta Talk, a style of Jamaican Creole which is undergoing functional expansion, applies a historical critique of colonialism and racism to the health-care system, while allowing the teller to r…
Political Correctness: Issues for Native and Nonnative Evaluators
Biomedical and Folk Medical Concepts of Adult Onset Diabetes in Jamaica: Implications for Treatment
Adult onset diabetes is one of the five leading causes of death in Jamaica. Patients report that they are not adequately informed about the nature or the management of their illness. Structured questionnaires, in-depth interviews, free listing, pile sorts, and interactional tapings of doctor-patient appointments were methods used to collect data. Differences in doctor and patient explanatory models and cultural concepts concerning etiology, sympt…
Jamaican Folk Medicine: A Source of Healing
This pioneering work is multi-disciplinary in approach as it examines the rich folk medicine of Jamaica. Payne-Jackson and Alleyne analyse the historical and linguistic aspects of folk medicine, based on their research, which included extensive fieldwork and interviews. They explore the sociological and ethnological dimensions of common healing and health-preserving practices which rely on Jamaica’s rich biodiversity in medicinal and nutritional …
An Impending Death for Anthropology at Howard University
Keywords: historically black colleges and universities, HBCU, education, higher education
Caribbean history, culture, and politics (3 works) · History (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Library science (2 works) · Traditional medicine (2 works) · African Continental Ancestry Group (1 works)