The enculturated gene : sickle cell health politics and biological difference in West Africa / / Duana Fullwiley.
Saved in:
| : | |
|---|---|
| TeilnehmendeR: | |
| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Language: | English |
| Online Access: | |
| Physical Description: | xxviii, 340 p. :; ill. |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: the powers of association
- Healthy sicklers with "mild" disease: local illness affects and population-level effects
- The biosocial politics of plants and people
- Attitudes of care
- Localized biologies: mapping race and sickle cell difference in French West Africa
- Ordering illness: heterozygous "trait" suffering in the land of the mild disease
- The work of patient advocacy
- Conclusion: economic and health futures amid hope and despair.