The anthropology of infectious disease / Merrill Singer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Singer, Merrill.

Contributor:

ebrary, Inc.

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communicable diseases.

Medical anthropology.

Communicable Diseases--ethnology.

Environment.

Socioeconomic Factors.

Medical Subjects:

Communicable Diseases--ethnology.

Environment.

Socioeconomic Factors.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Walnut Creek, California : Left Coast Press, Inc., [2015]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This book synthesizes the flourishing field of anthropology of infectious disease in a critical, biocultural framework. Leading medical anthropologist Merrill Singer holistically unites the behaviors of microorganisms and the activities of complex social systems, showing how we exist with pathogenic agents of disease in a complex process of co-evolution. He also connects human diseases to larger ecosystems and various other species that are future sources of new human infections. Anthropology of Infectious Disease integrates and advances research in this growing, multifaceted area and offers an ideal supplement to courses in anthropology, public health, development studies, and related fields. Book jacket.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Defining the Anthropology of Infectious Disease: Toward a Biocultural/Biosocial Understanding 20

Chapter 2 Denizens of the Microbial World 60

Chapter 3 More Than Human 101

Chapter 4 Environmental Disruption, Pluralea Interactions, and Infectious Diseases 125

Chapter 5 Emergent, Reemergent, and Drug-Resistant Infectious Agents 156

Chapter 6 Infectious Disease Syndemics 196

Chapter 7 Inequality, Political Ecology, and the Future of Infectious Diseases 225.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 284-314) and index.

Machine generated contents note: Introduction: Anthropology and the Large Impact of Small Worlds Chapter 1. Defining the Anthropology of Infectious Disease: Toward a Biocultural/Biosocial Understanding Chapter 2. Denizens of the Microbial World Chapter 3. More than Human Chapter 4. Environmental Disruption, Pluralea Processes, and Infectious Diseases Chapter 5. Emergent, Re-emergent and Drug Resistance Infectious Agents Chapter 6. Infectious Disease Syndemics Chapter 7. Inequality and the Political Ecology and Future of Infections Glossary References Index About the Author.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781629580456

1629580457

Publisher Number:

99967430454

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.