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9780253357090 : medicine-mobility-and-power-in-global-africa-dilger-wolf-janzen
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Medicine, Mobility, and Power in Global Africa

Transnational Health and Healing

Edited by Hansjörg Dilger
Contributions by Angelika Wolf, John M. Janzen, Kristin Peterson, Viola Hörbst, Abdoulaye Kane, Adeline Masquelier, Adam Mohr and Marja Tiilikainen
Indiana University Press
Recent political, social, and economic changes in Africa have provoked radical shifts in the landscape of health and healthcare. Medicine, Mobility, and Power in Global Africa captures the multiple dynamics of a globalized world and its impact on medicine, health, and the delivery of healthcare in Africa—and beyond. Essays by an international group of contributors take on intractable problems such as HIV/AIDS, malaria, and insufficient access to healthcare, drugs, resources, hospitals, and technologies. The movements of people and resources described here expose the growing challenges of poverty and public health, but they also show how new opportunities have been created for transforming healthcare and promoting care and healing.

About the Authors

Hansjörg Dilger is a junior professor of social and cultural anthropology at Freie Universität Berlin. He is author of Living with Aids, Illness, Death, and Social Relationships in Africa: An Ethnography (in German).

Abdoulaye Kane is Assistant Professor of Anthropology and African Studies at the University of Florida. He is author of Tontines, Solidarity Funds, and Street Bankers: The Universe of Informal Financial Practices in Africa and Among African Immigants in France (in French).

Stacey A. Langwick is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Cornell University. She is author of Bodies, Politics, and African Healing: The Matter of Maladies in Tanzania (IUP, 2011).

Reviews

"Focusing on globalization and Africa . . . this volume underscores the interconnectedness and the imbalances during a time of neoliberal reform."—Elisha P. Renne, University of Michigan

"This interesting and timely volume shows how African health issues can no longer be thought of as being sealed within Africa—that transnational flows are fundamentally shaping health practices."—Mark Hunter, University of Toronto Scarborough

"This skillfully edited collection clears a path for further new and exciting work around topics of mobility, transnational health, and global healing."—Bulletin of the History of Medicine

"For medical anthropologists who work in Africa, the Dilger, Kanye, and Langwick volume is almost obligatory, and reading it will likely lead to a pleasant afternoon filled with recognizable names and debates.57.3 Dec. 2014"—African Studies Review

"Medicine, Mobility and Power in Global Africa is a welcome addition to a growing body of scholarship examining postcolonial medicine, health, and healing in Africa."—Journal of African History
Indiana University Press
  • HISTORY / Africa / General (151 Titles)
  • MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery (9 Titles)
  • SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social (555 Titles)
  • African history (154 Titles)
  • Health systems and services (12 Titles)

Hardback
October 8, 2012
9780253357090
English
358
10 b&w illustrations
9.00 Inches (US)
6.00 Inches (US)
1.4 Pounds (US)
$80.00 USD, £62.00 GBP
v2.1 Reference
Paperback / softback
October 8, 2012
9780253223685
English
358
10 b&w illustrations
9.00 Inches (US)
6.00 Inches (US)
1.15 Pounds (US)
$15.00 USD, £12.00 GBP
v2.1 Reference
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358 Pages
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African Migrations

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Women and Islamic Revival in a West African Town

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Critical Perspectives on the Body's Surface
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