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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
RAMAH MCKAY |
ISBN: | 0822370190 9780822370192 0822370107 9780822370109 |
OCLC Number: | 973117062 |
Contents: | Acknowledgments vii Introduction. Care and the Work of History 1 1. Governing Multiplicities 29 2. Making Communities of Care 57 3. Afterlives: Food, Time, and History 88 4. Nourishing Relations 112 5. The Work of Health in the Public Sector 142 6. Paperwork: Capacities of Data and Care 167 Afterword. Critique and Caring Futures 192 Notes 199 Works Cited 217 Index 237 |
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"The attention to hunger, the politics of the belly, and the delicate work of allocation all make this book a unique contribution to rethinking how past experiences of care and entitlement shape how individuals experience care in the present." -- Marissa Mika * Somatosphere * "Built on rich ethnographic materials collected over several years in two healthcare facilities in Mozambique, Medicine in the Meantime provides an in-depth view of the entanglements among NGO workers, expatriates, community volunteers and patients that affect health care for people with chronic conditions . . . Scholars of transnational health and development can learn much from the book's nuanced insights about how medical multiplicity affects health and wellbeing in Mozambique and more broadly, sub-Saharan Africa." -- Amy S. Patterson * Journal of Modern African Studies * "Medicine in the Meantime provides personalized insights into how individuals slip between the various subject positions elicited by transnational governance, exploiting moments of multiplicity while decrying the limitations of care such international aid provides." -- Emma Louise Backe * Anthropology Book Forum * "Medicine in the Meantime brings much-needed theoretical attention to the diverse relational, political and historical basis of contemporary humanitarian action, demonstrating superb ethnography, and for that reason is a valuable, highly recommended contribution to the field of medical aid." -- Britt Halvorson * Somatosphere * "A nuanced account. Medicine in the Meantime will greatly enrich anthropological conversations on health, transnational governmentality, and the state. It will likely find a wide audience both within and beyond medical anthropology." -- China Scherz * Medical Anthropology Quarterly * Read more...


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