Sax William S
Anthropol Med. 2004 Dec 1;11(3):293-306. doi: 10.1080/1364847042000296572.
This paper poses a theoretical question: how, if at all, can 'critical medical anthropology' and 'performance theory' be combined? More specifically, the author discusses the relative advantages and disadvantages of each, with respect to a healing cult in the Central Himalayas of North India. The paper has four parts: first, an ethnographic description of the cult itself; second, a brief introduction to critical medical anthropology; third, a short discussion of the performative approach to healing rituals; and finally, an attempt to combine the two approaches. The author concludes that the two approaches can indeed combined, so long as one recognizes (1) that caste and gender are also appropriate objects for critical medical anthropology; and (2) that aesthetics is always already political.
“批判医学人类学”与“表演理论”（如果可以的话）究竟如何结合？更具体地说，作者针对印度北部喜马拉雅中部的一个治疗教派，讨论了两者各自的相对优缺点。本文分为四个部分：第一，对该教派本身的民族志描述；第二，对批判医学人类学的简要介绍；第三，对治疗仪式的表演性方法的简短讨论；最后，尝试将两种方法结合起来。作者得出结论，只要认识到（1）种姓和性别也是批判医学人类学的合适研究对象；以及（2）美学始终具有政治性，那么这两种方法确实可以结合起来。
