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The enculturated gene : sickle cell health politics and biological difference in West Africa

Title
The enculturated gene : sickle cell health politics and biological difference in West Africa / Duana Fullwiley.
Author
Fullwiley, Duana.
Publication
Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2011.

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Description
xxviii, 340 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Sickle cell anemia > Social aspects > Senegal
  • Sickle cell anemia > Genetic aspects
  • Sickle cell anemia > Patients > Services for > Senegal
  • Genetic disorders > Social aspects > Senegal
  • Kinship > Health aspects > Senegal
  • Anemia, Sickle Cell > genetics > Senegal
  • Anthropology, Medical > methods > Senegal
  • Family > Senegal
  • Genetic Diseases, Inborn > Senegal
  • Politics > Senegal
  • Socioeconomic Factors > Senegal
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-328) and index.
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.
Call Number
Sc E 12-345
ISBN
  • 9780691123165 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
  • 0691123160 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
  • 9780691123172 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
  • 0691123179 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
LCCN
2011017413
OCLC
722842898
Author
Fullwiley, Duana.
Title
The enculturated gene : sickle cell health politics and biological difference in West Africa / Duana Fullwiley.
Imprint
Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2011.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-328) and index.
Local Subject
Black author.
Research Call Number
Sc E 12-345
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