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Illness categories and action strategies in a Tarascan town
Author(s) -
YOUNG JAMES C.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
american ethnologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.875
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1548-1425
pISSN - 0094-0496
DOI - 10.1525/ae.1978.5.1.02a00070
Subject(s) - set (abstract data type) , action (physics) , cluster (spacecraft) , psychology , sociology , epistemology , philosophy , computer science , physics , quantum mechanics , programming language
A set of Mexican folk illness terms is examined using cluster analysis. The distinctions that best explain the resulting illness categories are found to be also among the most important considerations involved in the formulation of strategies for preventing and alleviating illness. The “hot‐cold” distinction is found to be less important than has been assumed in accounting for the classification.