Elizabeth Whitaker (1995)
Education
- Doctor of Philosophy, Anthropology (1995) – Emory University
- Master of the Arts, Anthropology (1988) – University of Minnesota – Twin Cities
- Bachelor of the Arts, Economics (1984) – Duke University
leadership positions
- Independent Scholar
- Previous Positions — American University, Washington, DC; California Polytechnic State University, San s Obispo, CA; College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, ME; Università degli Studi di Bologna, Italy.
publications
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The Trouble with Human Nature: Health, Conflict, and Difference in Biocultural Perspective
- Health and Healing in Comparative Perspective. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. 2006.
http://www.pearsonhighered.com/educator/product/Health-and-Healing-in-Comparative Perspective/9780131273832.page
- Measuring Mamma’s Milk: Fascism and the Medicalization of Maternity in Italy. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2000. http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=16900
- An Analysis of Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique
- “The bicycle makes the eyes smile”: exercise, aging, and psychophysical wellbeing in older Italian cyclists. Medical Anthropology 24(1):1-43, 2005. For abstract: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15823896.
- The idea of health: history, medical pluralism, and the management of the body in Emilia-
Romagna, Italy. Medical Anthropology Quarterly 17(3):348-375, 2003. For abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12974202 - Troubling typologies: reflections on race, culture, and human variation. MediAzioni, number 6, 2009.
http://www.mediazioni.sitlec.unibo.it/index.php/no6-anno2009/33-dossierno6-anno2009.html
Biography:
Dr. Elizabeth Whitaker obtained a Ph.D. in Anthropology in 1995 with a culmination of their work in “The Medicalization of Maternity in Italy: Fascism and Breastfeeding in an Apennine Community”. Dr. Whitaker’s research focuses on the intersection of health and society, specifically in infant feeding, aging, and nutritional deficiencies and diseases. She has published mutliple books regarding these topics such as “Measuring Mamma’s Mils: Fascism and the Medicalization of Maternity in Italy” and “An Analysis of Betty Friedan’s the Feminine Mystique” As an independent researcher, medical anthropology scholar, and college professor, Dr. Whitaker has worked in multiple universities in the United States and Italy. Additionally, she volunteers in language education, translation, and interpretation between English and Italian.