The enculturated gene sickle cell health politics and biological difference in West Africa / Duana Fullwiley.

Author/creator Fullwiley, Duana
Format Electronic
Publication InfoPrinceton : Princeton University Press,
Descriptionxxviii, 340 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
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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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 307-328) and index.
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LCCN 2011017413
ISBN9780691123165 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
ISBN9780691123172 (pbk. : acid-free paper)

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