Medicine and the Body

HSS 414 = SOC 514

Research Reports

This is a list of the papers that students wrote for previous sessions of HSS 414=SOC514, "Medicine and the Body," at the University of Pennsylvania. Majors or graduate programs are noted after a few names where they might not otherwise be obvious. The titles are in some cases paraphrases of the original title to make the content clear.

• Alberts, Eli N, "Taoist Depiction of the Body" (2000)

• Assaly, George W. (Economics), "A Study of Body Images in a Romance Chat Room on the Internet." (1998)

• Banger, Elizabeth, "Medical Decision-making on Behalf of Children" (2002)

• Berson, Joshua, "Psychiatric Use of Herbal Drugs in Psychopharmacological Literature"

• Bhattacharji, Aditya, "Leprosy in Colonial South India" (2002)

• Bielawiec, Irene K, "Female Circumcision" (2000)

• Bowling, Dale (History), "The Body in the Work of Paul-Joseph Barthez, 18th-century French Physician and Vitalist." (1998)

• Bradshaw, Elizabeth A, "Death as the Body's Mirror in the Ancient Greek World"

• Brame, Krista (Nursing), "Body Image, Breasts and Breast Feeding." (1998)

• Carpenter, Elise, "Organ Transplantation in Japan" (2000)

• Cohen, Jaime (History and Sociology of Science), "Eating Disorders in Female Athletes." (1998)

• Coleman, Lonzieree, "Geisha" (2000)

• Conley, Joe (Biology), "De la Mettrie's Man as a Machine." (1998)

• Delgado, Rodolfo (Sociology), "Body Taboos of Three Peoples." (1998)

• Eckstut, Meredith, "Critique of Schwartz's Three-Body Problem"

• Fox, Marissa, "Heroin Chic in Historical Perspective" (2002)

• Garcia, Din (Sociology) , "Is Race a Biological Concept, a Social Concept, or a Combination of Both?"

• Gerstenfeld, Tyler, "Bionic Man: The Integration of Body and Machine" (2002)

• Gross, Margaret, "Epilepsy, 19C" (2002)

• Hahn, Rainer C, "Wonders, Monsters" (2000)

• Han, Doo Heum, "Dead Bodies in Choson Korea (1392-1900)" (2002)

• Hansen, Jennifer, "The Barbie Doll and Girls' Bodies" (2002)

• Hardy, Ian R, "The Theme of the Pregnant Father" (2000)

• Hassan, Hadi, "Medical Aspects of Fasting" (2002)

• Haverfield, Eden (Anthropology & Biology), "Amish Views of Medicine and the Body." (1998)

• Hersh, Alyssa C, "Organ Donation and Transplantation: Hindu & Jewish" (2000)

• Johnson, Andi, "History of Athletic Training" (2002)

• Kadivar, Khadijeh, "Menstruation in Ancient Greece" (2002)

• Karnaze, Margaret M, "Evidence-based Medicine: A New Orthodoxy"

• Klein, Jason (Biomedical Anthropology), "The Body in Australian Aborigine Art." (1998)

• Koppolu, Shailaja (Sociology), "Ideal vs. Reasonable Weights." (1998)

• Martelli, Peter F, "Philly Squatter-Punk Culture. Tatooing" (2000)

• McCaskie, Jennifer, "The Body and Visualization in Shang-ch'ing Scriptures" (2002)

• Meyer, Christine, "Ideal Body Image, 1900-Present." (1998)

• Moult, Alison F (Sociology), "Man-Midwifery and the Enlightenment"

• Mueller, Rebecca, "Medical Data and Bodily Experience in Cystic Fibrosis"

• Navabi, Zohreh (Sociology), "Body Language in U.S. Courting Customs, 17th and 18th Centuries." (1998)

• Peng, Mu (Folklore), "The Role of the Doctor's Body in Chinese Medicine"

• Pino, Zadith (History and Sociology of Science), "Menstruation Taboos." (1998)

• Quadrini, Gabriella M, "Mental Health Therapy and Managed Care"

• Ranta, Rebecca, "Yellow Fever, 1793" (2002)

• Riegler, Hashi (History and Sociology of Science), "Genital Reconstructive Surgery." (1998)

• Roy, Divya, "Sanitary Science and Education in British India " (2002)

• Sadar, John, "Topographic Setting of Vesalius' Illustrations" (2002)

• Scott, Jennifer E, "Blondes" (2000)

• Selcer, Perrin (HSS), "The Rhetorical Science of Dr. Atkins (the Atkins Diet) and the AMA"

• Siddiqi, Faez (Biological Bases of Behavior), "Physical Stigmata." (1998)

• Smith, Hilary, "Dead Bodies: The Deceased and Negotiation" (2002)

• Sun, Xiaochun, "Body as Microcosm" (2000)

• Warren, Tamar (History and Sociology of Science), "Body Conceptions in Matriarchal and Patriarchal Societies." (1998)

• Yeh, Ann Ming, "Qi in Recent Chinese Medicine" (2000)

• Zedan, Karima (Communications), "Body Conceptions in Japanese Bushido." (1998)

• Zeichner, Joshua (History and Sociology of Science), "Homeopathy in the Modern U.S." (1998)

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