Anthony Cavender
Biographic Data
| ID | 373845 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anthony Cavender |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anthony |
| FAMILY NAME | Cavender |
| SIGNATURE | CAVENDER A |
| AFFILIATIONS | East Tennessee State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Idioms of Distress Among White Women Patients at the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum, Marion, Virginia, 1887-1891
Mental Illness, Institutionalization and Oral History in Appalachia
This paper is an attempt to redress the limited rendering of institutional workers through the narratives of individuals who worked as psychiatric attendants at Southwestern Virginia Mental Health Institute (SWVMHI). Despite a wealth of literature on the history of mental illness and the establishment of asylums, descriptions of the work and lives of psychiatric attendants are rare. In this paper, oral histories among former psychiatric attendant…
Curanderismo in Appalachia
This paper examines the relatively recent manifestation of curanderismo (Latino traditional medical beliefs and practices) in Southern Appalachia. Specific attention is given to the use of remedios caseros (home remedies), as reported by seventy-two Latino residents in northeastern Tennessee, and the associated adaptations Latinos have made to access traditional materia medica (medical materials). The interviews revealed extensive use of remedios…
The use of magical plants by curanderos in the Ecuador highlands
Although the use of plants for treating supernaturally caused illnesses (e.g., soul loss, evil wind, witchcraft) has been documented in the Ecuador highlands, so-called magical plants have received much less focused attention than plants used for treating naturalistic disorders. Drawing on interviews done in 2002 and 2003 with 116 curanderos residing in the Ecuador highlands, this paper examines the characteristics of plants identified as magical…
Folk medical uses of plant foods in southern Appalachia, United States
Compulsory medical service in Ecuador
Generational Change, Folk Medicine, and Medical Self-Care in a Rural Appalachian Community
This paper reports on a study of the potential impact of folk medicine on health care delivery in a rural community in southwestern Virginia. The intent of the investigation was to examine some commonly held stereotypical notions within and outside the medical community about rural Appalachians and medical self-care. Interviews were completed with 102 respondents aged 60 and over who were asked what they would do today and what their parents did …
Defining a common ground for research
Charles Harrington. Psychological Anthropology and Education: A Delineation of a Field of Inquiry. New York: AMS Press, 1979. xii + 232 pp. Index, annotated bibliography. $15.00
The use of magical plants by curanderos in the Ecuador highlands
Although the use of plants for treating supernaturally caused illnesses (e.g., soul loss, evil wind, witchcraft) has been documented in the Ecuador highlands, so-called magical plants have received much less focused attention than plants used for treating naturalistic disorders. Drawing on interviews done in 2002 and 2003 with 116 curanderos residing in the Ecuador highlands, this paper examines the characteristics of plants identified as magical…
Generational Change, Folk Medicine, and Medical Self-Care in a Rural Appalachian Community
This paper reports on a study of the potential impact of folk medicine on health care delivery in a rural community in southwestern Virginia. The intent of the investigation was to examine some commonly held stereotypical notions within and outside the medical community about rural Appalachians and medical self-care. Interviews were completed with 102 respondents aged 60 and over who were asked what they would do today and what their parents did …
Compulsory medical service in Ecuador
Defining a common ground for research
Charles Harrington. Psychological Anthropology and Education: A Delineation of a Field of Inquiry. New York: AMS Press, 1979. xii + 232 pp. Index, annotated bibliography. $15.00
Generational Change, Folk Medicine, and Medical Self-Care in a Rural Appalachian Community
This paper reports on a study of the potential impact of folk medicine on health care delivery in a rural community in southwestern Virginia. The intent of the investigation was to examine some commonly held stereotypical notions within and outside the medical community about rural Appalachians and medical self-care. Interviews were completed with 102 respondents aged 60 and over who were asked what they would do today and what their parents did …
Compulsory medical service in Ecuador
Folk medical uses of plant foods in southern Appalachia, United States
The use of magical plants by curanderos in the Ecuador highlands
Although the use of plants for treating supernaturally caused illnesses (e.g., soul loss, evil wind, witchcraft) has been documented in the Ecuador highlands, so-called magical plants have received much less focused attention than plants used for treating naturalistic disorders. Drawing on interviews done in 2002 and 2003 with 116 curanderos residing in the Ecuador highlands, this paper examines the characteristics of plants identified as magical…
Curanderismo in Appalachia
This paper examines the relatively recent manifestation of curanderismo (Latino traditional medical beliefs and practices) in Southern Appalachia. Specific attention is given to the use of remedios caseros (home remedies), as reported by seventy-two Latino residents in northeastern Tennessee, and the associated adaptations Latinos have made to access traditional materia medica (medical materials). The interviews revealed extensive use of remedios…
Mental Illness, Institutionalization and Oral History in Appalachia
This paper is an attempt to redress the limited rendering of institutional workers through the narratives of individuals who worked as psychiatric attendants at Southwestern Virginia Mental Health Institute (SWVMHI). Despite a wealth of literature on the history of mental illness and the establishment of asylums, descriptions of the work and lives of psychiatric attendants are rare. In this paper, oral histories among former psychiatric attendant…
Idioms of Distress Among White Women Patients at the Southwestern Lunatic Asylum, Marion, Virginia, 1887-1891
Medicine (6 works) · Appalachia (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Appalachian Region (3 works) · Biology (3 works) · History (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Traditional medicine (3 works) · Alternative medicine (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works)