The enculturated gene sickle cell health politics and biological difference in West Africa /
Fullwiley, Duana.
The enculturated gene sickle cell health politics and biological difference in West Africa / [electronic resource] : Duana Fullwiley. - Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2011. - xxviii, 340 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
9781400840410 (electronic bk.)
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.
Electronic books.
RA645.S53 / F85 2011
362.196/15271009663
The enculturated gene sickle cell health politics and biological difference in West Africa / [electronic resource] : Duana Fullwiley. - Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2011. - xxviii, 340 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
9781400840410 (electronic bk.)
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.
Electronic books.
RA645.S53 / F85 2011
362.196/15271009663