Anthropology of Epidemics / edited by Ann H. Kelly, Frederic Keck and Christos Lynteris.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kelly, Ann H., editor.

Keck, Frederic, editor.

Lynteris, Christos, editor.

Series:

Routledge studies in health and medical anthropology.

Routledge Studies in Health and Medical Anthropology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical anthropology.

Social medicine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (194 pages).

Place of Publication:

Oxon : Taylor & Francis, 2019.

Summary:

The Anthropology of Epidemics approaches epidemics as total social phenomena: processes and events which encompass and exercise a transformational impact on social life whilst at the same time functioning as catalysts of shifts and ruptures as regards human-non/human relations.

Contents:

Introduction: The Anthropology of Epidemics

1. Simulations of Epidemics: Techniques of Global Health and Neo-Liberal Government

2. Great Anticipations

3. What is an Epidemic Emergency?

4. Migrant Birds or Migrant Labour? Money, Mobility and the Emergence of Poultry Epidemics in Vietnam

5. Photography, Zoonosis and Epistemic Suspension after the End of Epidemics

6. The Multispecies Infrastructure of Zoonosis

7. Complexity, Anthropology and Epidemics

8. Pandemic Publics: How Epidemics Transform Social and Political Collectives of Public Health

9. Of What Are Epidemics the Symptom? Speed, Interlinkage and Infrastructure in Molecular Anthropology.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references and index.