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What does it mean to say that illness is socially constructed? Focus your discussion on the way bodily experience becomes a symbol or metaphor for social conflicts.
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Have a little read: ... ANTH265 Illness and Healing Due: 8 October by 5pm Word count: 2,002 What does it mean to say that illness is socially constructed? Focus your discussion on the way bodily experience becomes a symbol or metaphor for social conflicts. The notion of Illness is a socially constructed concept. This means that individual societies have unique interpretations of what illness is. These constructs are infused by social factors such as socio- economic situations, religion, and gender roles with in societies, ingrained cultural values, and most of all whom, or what group, has the power to apply the label of 'illness' within the society. Bodily experience becomes a symbol or metaphor for social conflicts when we consider the context in which it occurs. For example, in western culture, elderly are often labeled ill or unwell in order to justify committing them to homes in stark contrast to the eastern interpretation of the elderly as wise worldly and
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