Abstract

TOVAR, PATRICIA. EL CUERPO SUBORDINADO Y POLITIZADO: REFLEXIÓN CRÍTICA SOBRE GÉNERO Y ANTROPOLOGÍA MÉDICA. Rev. colomb. antropol. [online]. 2004, vol.40, pp.253-282. ISSN 0486-6525.

THIS ARTICLE TRIES TO ASSESS THE SOCIAL IMPACT OF MEDICINE ON WOMEN´S BODIES. It attempts to construct a picture of health care as close as possible to the social reality in which we live. We will see how women are differently affected by medical developments; differences that have only recently been taken into account by researchers, practitioners, and policy makers. It reviews medical anthropology studies carried out in Colombia, examining how they have looked at gender and reproductive issues. It continues with a critique of medicine, seeing it not as a success story that will provide cures to all diseases, but its dark side than affects women's health in a negative way. I specifically make reference to the case of for profit, cosmetic medicine. I close this analysis with a look at domestic and social violence and its impact on public health.

Keywords : Gender; reproductive health; body; violence; medicine; beauty.

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