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Silent violence global health, malaria, and child survival in Tanzania
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Silent violence [electronic resource] : global health, malaria, and child survival in Tanzania / Vinay R. Kamat.
ISBN
9780816599202
0816599203
9780816529520 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0816529523
Published
Tucson : University of Arizona Press, 2013. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2013)
Physical Description
1 online resource (320 p.)
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Summary
"Seeking to link social, economic, and political forces to local experiences of sickness and suffering, Silent Violence analyzes the experiences and practices of people most deeply affected by malaria. Vinay Kamat explores the experience of individuals and households confronted by malaria against the backdrop of social and health issues"--Provided by publisher.
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UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 29, 2014
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Part I, Global discourses
The violence of a global killer
Locating the field
Commanding heights and failed promises
Part II, Local practices
Micropolitics of childhood malaria
Malaria deaths and meaning making
Malaria, single mothers and social suffering
Part III, Philanthrocapitalism
Old ideas and new promises
Globalizing antimalarials
Part IV, The way forward
From malaria control to malaria elimination
Epilogue: the end of malaria?
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