The Power of Parasites

Malaria as (un)conscious strategy
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-981-16-6763-3
Verlag: Springer Nature Singapore

Buch, Englisch, 217 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 413 g

This book describes how malaria both frustrates and facilitates life for Indigenous Pa¨lawan communities living in the forested foothills of the municipality of Bataraza on the island of Palawan in the Philippines. Tracing the arc of malaria on the archipelago from colonial encounters to the present day, it examines the ways in which malaria parasites have become entangled in contemporary lives. It uniquely explores the experiences of local government leaders working towards sustainably developing this last ecological frontier, health workers trying to meet international targets to eliminate malaria, and Pa¨lawan people trying to keep their bodies, social relations and the cosmos in careful balance. In exquisite detail, Dr Dalia Iskander shows how malaria emerged from, and was intrinsic to, a whole host of strategically-orientated social practices that were enacted in as well as around the disease’s name, as people worked day-to-day to gain power in different guises in different arenas.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Iskander, Dalia

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Entwicklungsstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Gesundheitssoziologie, Medizinsoziologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 Practices of Oppression.- Chapter 3 Practices of Progress.- Chapter 4 Practices of Development.- Chapter 5 Practices of Professionalization.- Chapter 6 Practices of Equilibrium.- Chapter 7 Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Dr Dalia Iskander is Lecturer in Medical Anthropology at University College London, UK.