Nerves as embodied metaphor in the Canada/Mexico seasonal agricultural workers program

Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 383-404

  Mysyk, Avis ^a   England, Margaret ^b   Gallegos, Juan Arturo Avila ^c  

^a CAPE BRETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^c Escuela Superior de Psicologia   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Embodied metaphor; Mexican farm workers; Nerves

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CANADA; CONTROL; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMOTION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEASON; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AGRICULTURE; CANADA; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SEASONS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55049092767     PISSN: 01459740     EISSN: 15455882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01459740802427729     Document Type: Article

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