Stories
- Article
Why the 1918 Spanish flu defied both memory and imagination
The Black Death, AIDS and Ebola outbreaks are part of our collective cultural memory, but the Spanish flu outbreak has not been.
- Interview
Refugee health on a pound a day
Two refugees living a hand-to-mouth existence in the UK explain how trauma has affected their health, and how a little kindness is bringing them hope.
- Article
Womb milk and the puzzle of the placenta
A human baby needs milk to survive – and this holds true even before it’s born. Joanna Wolfarth explores “womb milk”, as well as ancient and modern ideas about the placenta.
- Article
Race, religion and the Black Madonna
Mystery and controversy surround the dark-skinned religious icon who represents the Virgin Mary throughout the Catholic world.
Catalogue
- Books
Cross-cultural studies : selected readings / edited by D.R. Price-Williams.
Date: 1969- Books
The anthropology of pregnancy loss : comparative studies in miscarriage, stillbirth, and neonatal death / edited by Rosanne Cecil.
Date: 1996- Books
Identity : mental health and value systems / [edited by Kenneth Soddy].
Date: [1961]- Books
Children and young people living with HIV/AIDS : a cross-cultural perspective / Pranee Liamputtong, editor.
Date: [2016]- Books
The wilderness of mind : sacred plants in cross-cultural perspective / Marlene Dobkin De Rios.
Dobkin de Rios, MarleneDate: 1976