Paper short abstract:

The paper tries to present how matters of health and illness are de-localized from domestic rural sphere to a public one, externalized by appealing to state sanitary institutions and representatives.

Paper long abstract:

The paper tries to present how matters of health and illness are de-localized from domestic rural sphere to a public one, externalized by appealing to state sanitary institutions and representatives. Te main idea starts from the trouble caused by the fact that a crisis (an illness) once solved inside a cultural circle - family - community - village, is now more and more pushed towards a public system of health care. Starting from this idea we will try to bring arguments further on how this particular change at the medical level brings further changes at a symbolical and cultural levels, and how the rurals are trying to cope with the change. Even more the peasants are strongly resistent to this idea of new medicine and they need to find appropriate means to accept it. Some have given up to pills and other modern medical devices, others are still strugling to find alternate ways to deal with their health problems. Even so, the modern medical system is negociating day by day in small steps its status inside the rural communities.