[The Geography of Hunger: clinical interpretation of landscapes or critical epidemiology?].
This article provides a new interpretation of Geografia da Fome [The Geography of Hunger], by Josué de Castro, focusing on the convergence of three fields of knowledge: geography, clinical science, and epidemiology. Although there is a certain commonality in the methodological procedures, the book offers multiple configurations of objects and a cross-disciplinary theoretical framework for explaining the phenomenon of hunger.
Melo Filho
Djalma Agripino de
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Núcleo de Saúde Pública e Desenvolvimento Social, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brasil. djalmaf@truenet.com.br
D003210:Concept Formation; D006801:Humans; D006815:Hunger; D007802:Language; D013561:Symbolism; D019371:Topography, Medical